A growing body of evidence demonstrates the potential of various microbes to enhance plant productivity in cropping systems although their successful field application may be impaired by several biotic and abiotic constraints. In the present work, we aimed at developing multifunctional synthetic microbial consortia to be used in combination with suitable bioactive compounds for improving crop yield and quality. Plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) with different functional attributes were identified by a bottom-up approach. A comprehensive literature survey on PGPMs associated with maize, wheat, potato and tomato, and on commercial formulations, was conducted by examining peer-reviewed scientific publications and results from relevant European projects. Metagenome fragment recruitments on genomes of potential PGPMs represented in databases were also performed to help identify plant growth-promoting (PGP) strains. Following evidence of their ability to coexist, isolated PGPMs were synthetically assembled into three different microbial consortia. Additionally, the effects of bioactive compounds on the growth of individually PGPMs were tested in starvation conditions. The different combination products based on microbial and non-microbial biostimulants (BS) appear worth considering for greenhouse and open field trials to select those potentially adoptable in sustainable agriculture.
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The only exception was observed on nodule number and seed/pod yield ratio of groundnut, plant height, dry matter and grain yield of maize, where no differences were noted between monocropped and intercropped systems under farming conditions.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Christine Galandzou, Norbert Guenguie, Georges R. 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Significant differences in grassland production between grazed and ungrazed treatments occurred in the three years with above-average and average growing-season precipitations April\u2013August, but not in the dry years. Most of the variation in production 75% was explained by growing-season precipitation for both grazed and ungrazed sites. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using remote-sensing data to monitor long-term light to moderate grazing effects and the important role of precipitation, especially growing-season precipitation, in modulating production in mixed-grassland ecosystems.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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It has been suggested that the presence of various physico-chemically heterogeneous microhabitats supports the enormous diversity of microbial communities in soil. However, little is known about the relationship between microbial communities and their immediate environment at the micro- to millimetre scale. In this study, we examined whether bacteria, archaea, and fungi organize into distinct communities in individual 2-mm-sized soil aggregates and compared them to communities of homogenized bulk soil samples. Furthermore, we investigated their relationship to their local environment by concomitantly determining microbial community structure and physico-chemical properties from the same individual aggregates. Aggregate communities displayed exceptionally high beta-diversity, with 3\uffe2\uff80\uff934 aggregates collectively capturing more diversity than their homogenized parent soil core. Up to 20%\uffe2\uff80\uff9330% of ASVs (particularly rare ones) were unique to individual aggregates selected within a few centimetres. Aggregates and bulk soil samples showed partly different dominant phyla, indicating that taxa that are potentially driving biogeochemical processes at the small scale may not be recognized when analysing larger soil volumes. Microbial community composition and richness of individual aggregates were closely related to aggregate-specific carbon and nitrogen content, carbon stable-isotope composition, and soil moisture, indicating that aggregates provide a stable environment for sufficient time to allow co-development of communities and their environment. We conclude that the soil microbiome is a metacommunity of variable subcommunities. Our study highlights the necessity to study small, spatially coherent soil samples to better understand controls of community structure and community-mediated processes in soils.narG, nirK, nirS, nosZ) at both sites. These results indicated that, long-term prescribed burning has little effect on the denitrifying communities, while it has varying effects on soil chemical properties at the two sites, which are likely to be explained by differences in vegetation type and soil moisture regime.", "keywords": ["580", "550", "FoR 0403 (Geology)", "denitrifying community", "Geology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "long-term repeated burning", "Microbiology", "3. Good health", "FoR 0605 (Microbiology)", "qPCR", "Soil biology", "13. 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However, in the third year, when sunn hemp was cut to a shorter height of 20\u00a0cm, zucchini plant growth and yield were similar between treatments at one study site and significantly greater in SH than in ...", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jermaine Hinds, Koon-Hui Wang, Cerruti R. R. 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A major limitation in the development of such cultivars is Al\u2010screening methodology. Shoot growth is often used to infer root growth, but the genotypic relationships between root and shoot growth of older soybean plants have not been evaluated. Our objectives were (i) to test the hypothesis that shoot growth is a reliable indicator of acid soil (Al) tolerance in soybean, and (ii) to determine the relative Al tolerances of selected soybean genotypes. Nine genotypes were evaluated for Al tolerance by growing them for 37 days in greenhouse pots of unlimed (pH 4.3) and limed (pH 5.3) Tatum subsoil. Aluminum tolerance was determined by root and shoot growth and plant symptoms. Aluminum tolerance was detected using both shoot and root growth, and agreement between these two selection criteria was good. Genotypic correlations between root and shoot growth for unlimed soil, for limed soil, ...", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. 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Data analysis and model application support the hypothesis that, as the size of the flood peak increases, the effect of forest cover becomes less important. Guidelines for integrated water and forest resources management are developed which recognize this effect but emphasize the role that forests play in reducing the flood levels of more moderate events. The research findings are transferred to policy-making for the four focus countries via a set of policy briefs, taking into account the institutional frameworks, achievable policy objectives and key stakeholders.", "keywords": ["Latin America", "Policy", "13. Climate action", "0208 environmental biotechnology", "0207 environmental engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "Ingenier\u00eda Hidr\u00e1ulica", "Forests", "15. Life on land", "Floods", "River catchments", "6. 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Lime is applied to such soils with the primary objective of increasing the productivity of crops by enhancing the availability of native and applied plant nutrients. Greenhouse pot experiments and laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of lime and boron (B) on the availability of nutrients in soils and their uptake by plants. The application of lime enhanced the available nitrogen (N,), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S), and zinc (Zn) content in soils, which was reflected in their uptake by sunflower (Helianthus annus). On the contrary, availability of copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) in soil was reduced due to liming. Sunflower responded very well in terms of dry matter yield to B application to the extent of 175% and 188% under 1 and 2\u00a0mg kg\u22121 applied levels of B, respectively. Dry matter yield of sunflower was reduced to the tune of 29.2 and 4...", "keywords": ["2. 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The increasingly widespread use of beneficial microbial inocula in agriculture gives rise to two primary needs: i) the assessment of the environmental risk, i.e. their impact on local soil microbiome and soil properties; ii) being able to track them and monitor their persistence and fate to both optimize their formulation and application method. In previous years, PCR-based methods have detected bacterial or fungal bioinoculant at the species or strain level. However, the selective detection, quantification, and monitoring of target microbial species in a complex ecosystem such as soil require that the tests possess high specificity and sensitivity.
Methods and resultsThe work proposes a quantitative real-time PCR detection method using TaqMan chemistry, showing high specificity and sensitivity for the Paenibacillus polymyxa K16 strain. The primer and probe sets were designed using the polymyxin gene cluster targeting pmxC and pmxE sequences. Validation tests showed that these assays allowed a discriminant and specific detection of P. polymyxa K16 in soil.
ConclusionThe TaqMan-assay developed could thus ensure the necessary level of discrimination required by commercial and regulatory purposes to detect and monitor the bioinoculant in soil. xeric shrubland on Dwyka sediments (XS) > xeric shrubland on dolerite (XSD) > karoo (K) (168, 164, 65, 34 & 26 t ha\u22121, respectively); (ii) mean root C: T > G > XS = XSD (25.4, 11.4, 7.2 & 7.1 t ha\u22121); (iii) mean above-ground C including leaf litter: T>XS>G>K> XSD (51.6, 12.9, 2.0, 1.7 & 1.51 ha\u22121). Carbon stocks in intact indigenous vegetation were related more to woodiness of vegetation and frequency of fire than to climate. Biomass C was greatest in woody thicket and soil C stocks were greatest in thicket and grassland. Total C storage of 245 t ha\u22129 in thicket is exceptionally high for a semi-arid...", "keywords": ["580", "2. 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Distinguishing between exogenous processes of agribusiness expansion and endogenous commodity market expansion, it finds each is associated with characteristic processes of change. It concludes that the way successive policy interventions have worked with the specific characteristics of oil palm have cumulatively shaped the space where agrarian change occurs in Sumatra.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "commodity market", "Economics", "eth Adverse incorporation", "smallholder", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "History", " 21st Century", "agricultural development", "strategic approach", "Social differentiation", "11. Sustainability", "agricultural policy", "Plant Oils", "crop", "demand analysis", "Social Change", "Asia", " Southeastern", "agriculture", "2. Zero hunger", "education", "article", "1. No poverty", "Agriculture", "Keywords: biofuel", "economics", "History", " 20th Century", "15. 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Climate action", "Biofuels", "Oil palm", "biofuel"], "contacts": [{"organization": "McCarthy, John", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/53926/5/processes_of_mccarthy_2010.pdf.jpg"}, {"href": "https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/53926/7/01_McCarthy_Processes_of_inclusion_and_2010.pdf.jpg"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2010.512460"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20Journal%20of%20Peasant%20Studies", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/03066150.2010.512460", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/03066150.2010.512460", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/03066150.2010.512460"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-09-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/02827581003667314", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-03-11", "title": "Whole-Tree Harvesting At Clear-Felling: Impact On Soil Chemistry, Needle Nutrient Concentrations And Growth Of Scots Pine", "description": "Abstract The effects of logging residue removal on soil chemical properties and the needle nutrient concentrations and growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) were studied after clear-felling on two sites of different fertility in eastern Finland. Harvesting was carried out either conventionally, i.e. harvesting only the stems [conventional harvesting (CH)], or totally, i.e. harvesting all of the above-ground tree biomass [whole-tree harvesting (WTH)]. The seedlings were planted in ploughing tilts on 50\u00d750 m sample plots. The number of replications was 24 on the more fertile site and 12 on the less fertile site. Compared with CH, WTH had no effects on either the survival or growth of Scots pine trees during the first 22 years. Apart from the statistically significant increase in needle nitrogen concentration in the WTH treatment on the less fertile site, the needle concentrations were not affected by the harvesting intensity. On the more fertile site, the total amounts of carbon, nitrogen and calcium, ...", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "570", "550", "maan kemialliset ominaisuudet", "m\u00e4nty", "puuston kasvu", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "kokopuun korjuu", "01 natural sciences", "p\u00e4\u00e4tehakkuu"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Saarsalmi, A., Tamminen, P., Kukkola, M., Hautaj\u00e4rvi, R.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581003667314"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scandinavian%20Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/02827581003667314", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/02827581003667314", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/02827581003667314"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-03-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/03650340.2012.701733", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-10-11", "title": "Energy Balances And Soc And N Stocks As Affected By Organic Amendments And Inorganic N Fertilization In A Semi-Arid Environment (Iosdv-Madrid)", "description": "A long-term field experiment (1984-2011), was conducted on a Calcic Haploxeralf from semi-arid central Spain to evaluate the combined effect of three treatments: farmyard manure (FYM), straw and control without organic amendments (WOA) and five increasing rates of mineral N on: (1) some energetic parameters of crop production, and (2) the effect of the different treatments on soil organic carbon (SOC) and total N stocks. Crop rotation included spring barley, wheat and sorghum. The energy balance variables considered were net energy produced (energy output minus energy input), the energy output/input ratio and energy productivity (crop yield per unit energy input). Results showed small differences between treatments. Total energy inputs varied from 9.86 GJ ha-1 year-1 (WOA) to 11.14 GJ ha-1 year-1 in the FYM system. For the three crops, total energy inputs increased with increasing rates of mineral N. Energy output was slightly lower in the WOA (33.40 GJ ha-1 year-1) than in the two organic systems (37.34 and 34.96 GJ ha-1 year-1 for FYM and straw respectively). Net energy followed a similar trend. At the end of the 27-year period, the stocks of SOC and total N had increased noticeably in the soil profile (0-30 cm) as a result of application of the two organic amendments. Most important SOC changes occurred in the FYM plots, with mean increases in the 0-10 cm depth, amounting an average of 9.9 Mg C ha-1 (667 kg C ha-1 year-1). Increases in N stocks in the top layer were similar under FYM and straw and ranged from 0.94 to 1.55 Mg N ha-1. By contrast, simultaneous addition of increasing rates of mineral N showed no significant effect on SOC and total N storage. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation of Spain (CICYT). AGL 2007-65698-CO3-02/AGR and the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. POII10-0115-2863.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrogen fertilization", "Semi-arid conditions", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Energy analysis", "Carbon", "Organic amendments"], "contacts": [{"organization": "L\u00f3pez-Fando, Cristina, Pardo Fern\u00e1ndez, Mar\u00eda Teresa,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2012.701733"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Archives%20of%20Agronomy%20and%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/03650340.2012.701733", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/03650340.2012.701733", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/03650340.2012.701733"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/03650340.2013.803072", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-06-14", "title": "Impact Of Long-Term Organic And Inorganic Nutrient Managements On The Biological Properties And Eubacterial Community Diversity Of The Indian Semi-Arid Alfisol", "description": "Intensive cropping with limited nutrient management options in low fertile semi-arid tropical soils will have agricultural sustainability problems in future. A better understanding of soil variables as influenced by long-term nutrient amendments could lead to the identification of more precise indicators to monitor soil fertility that would promote sustainability. Long-term nutrient experiment in semi-arid Alfisol at Coimbatore, India was investigated in two successive years, 2009 and 2010 to assess the enduring effects of organic (OM) and inorganic (IC) nutrient managements on soil variables. The organic amendments induced higher microbial population and enzyme activity compared to IC and control soils. The principal component analysis of observed variables revealed that soil organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase activity and diazotrophs population could be the possible indicators for predicting soil fertility resulting from long-term nutrient managements....", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. 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However, most farming practices, such as burning of vegetation and conventional tillage in dambo gardens, may reduce soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrient dynamics. We evaluated the effects of simulated burning, vegetation clearing and clipping, and conventional tillage in dambo gardens on SOC, nutrient contents and biomass production over a 3-year period. The results showed that clearing and clipping of vegetation and conventional tillage reduced SOC, soil nutrient contents and biomass yields, while burning increased SOC and soil nutrient contents. For the 0\u201310\u00a0cm depth, conventional tillage, clearing and clipping resulted in a 37%, 34% and 18% decrease in SOC, respectively, after three seasons, burning resulted in a 25% increase in SOC, while there were no changes in the control after 3 years. For the 0\u201340\u00a0cm depth, the average change in SOC was 32%, 25% and 16% for conventional t...", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. 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Five treatments in quadruplicate were included in this study: (1) CF only, (2) CFS (straw\u00a0+\u00a0CF), (3) MR-1 (50% amount of N in CF was replaced with MR), (4) MR-2 (100% amount of N in CF was replaced with MR) and (5) MR-3 (150% amount of N in CF was replaced with MR). Results showed that the effects of CFS and MR-1 treatments on CH4 and N2O emissions did not significantly differ. By contrast, CH4 emissions decreased as the amount of applied MR increased. Crop straw and MR stimulated CH4 emissions (from 48.8% to 119%) in rice season in 2012. In 2013, the applied crop straw and MR decreased CH4 emissions (from 21.3% to 37.3%). This contrasting effect might be explained by the difference in soil moisture content between the two seasons. N2O emission in wheat sea...", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Liangji Deng, Ting Lan, Xuesong Gao, Min Zeng,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2016.1235784"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Archives%20of%20Agronomy%20and%20Soil%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/03650340.2016.1235784", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/03650340.2016.1235784", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/03650340.2016.1235784"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-10-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.13446", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-09-03", "title": "The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis)", "description": "Abstract
Globally, biological invasions can have strong impacts on biodiversity as well as ecosystem functioning. While less conspicuous than introduced aboveground organisms, introduced belowground organisms may have similarly strong effects. Here, we synthesize for the first time the impacts of introduced earthworms on plant diversity and community composition in North American forests. We conducted a meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis using a total of 645 observations to quantify mean effect sizes of associations between introduced earthworm communities and plant diversity, cover of plant functional groups, and cover of native and non\uffe2\uff80\uff90native plants. We found that plant diversity significantly declined with increasing richness of introduced earthworm ecological groups. While plant species richness or evenness did not change with earthworm invasion, our results indicate clear changes in plant community composition: cover of graminoids and non\uffe2\uff80\uff90native plant species significantly increased, and cover of native plant species (of all functional groups) tended to decrease, with increasing earthworm biomass. Overall, these findings support the hypothesis that introduced earthworms facilitate particular plant species adapted to the abiotic conditions of earthworm\uffe2\uff80\uff90invaded forests. Further, our study provides evidence that introduced earthworms are associated with declines in plant diversity in North American forests. Changing plant functional composition in these forests may have long\uffe2\uff80\uff90lasting effects on ecosystem functioning.
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Climate action", "TEMPERATE FORESTS", "INVASIVE EARTHWORMS", "Introduced Species"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.13446"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13446"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.13446", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.13446", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.13446"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-03T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/jpe/rtw066", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-06-29", "title": "Effects Of Soil Warming History On The Performances Of Congeneric Temperate And Boreal Herbaceous Plant Species And Their Associations With Soil Biota", "description": "Aims Climate warming raises the probability of range expansions of warm-adapted temperate species into areas currently dominated by cold-adapted boreal species. Warming-induced plant range expansions could partly depend on how warming modifies relationships with soil biota that promote plant growth, such as by mineralizing nutrients. Here, we grew two pairs of congeneric herbaceous plants species together in soil with a 5-year warming history (ambient, +1.7\u00b0C, +3.4\u00b0C) and related their performances to plant-beneficial soil biota. Methods Each plant pair belonged to either the mid-latitude temperate climate or the higher latitude southern boreal climate. Warmed soils were extracted from a chamberless heating experiment at two field sites in the temperate-boreal ecotone of North America. To isolate potential effects of different soil warming histories, air temperature for the greenhouse experiment was identical across soils. We hypothesized that soil with a 5-year warming history in the field would enhance the performance of temperate plant species more than boreal plant species and expected improved plant performances to have positive associations with plant growth-promoting soil biota (microbial-feeding nematodes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi). Important Findings Our main hypothesis was partly confirmed as only one temperate species performed better in soil with warming history than in soil with history of ambient temperature. Further, this effect was restricted to the site with higher soil water content in the growing season of the sampling year (prior to soil collection). One of the boreal species performed consistently worse in previously warmed soil, whereas the other species showed neutral responses to soil warming history. We found a positive correlation between the density of microbial-feeding nematodes and the performance of one of the temperate species in previously wetter soils, but this correlation was negative at the site with previously drier soil. We found no significant correlations between the ...", "keywords": ["Aster cordifolius", "0106 biological sciences", "ecotone", "seedling emergence", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "ecotones", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "seeds", "biotic communities", "01 natural sciences", "soil biota", "range shift"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw066"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Plant%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/jpe/rtw066", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/jpe/rtw066", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/jpe/rtw066"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-06-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/07352689.2011.645438", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-07-17", "title": "Bioethanol Potentials And Life-Cycle Assessments Of Biofuel Feedstocks", "description": "A wide range of bioenergy crops has been proposed as feedstocks that can serve as renewable and ecologically sound substitutes to fossil fuels. In the United States, corn grain (Zea mays) ethanol is the primary biofuel, with over 49 billion liters produced in 2010. Along with the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 mandate, concerns about competition for food, land availability, nutrient and water requirements, energy balances, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have prompted researchers to investigate other potential feedstocks. These include second-generation lignocellulosic feedstock and third-generation biodiesel from microalgae and cyanobacteria. However, each feedstock option has associated benefits and consequences for its use. One technique used to evaluate the energy efficiency of bioenergy production systems is the life-cycle assessment (LCA), where system inputs and outputs are computed in terms of either C or energy equivalents to assess the net gains in energy or C offsets. Th...", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Rattan Lal, Catherine L. Bonin,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2011.645438"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Critical%20Reviews%20in%20Plant%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/07352689.2011.645438", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/07352689.2011.645438", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/07352689.2011.645438"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/07900627.2012.694149", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-13", "title": "Implications Of Biofuel Policies For Water Management In India", "description": "India has developed a national biofuel policy to increase energy security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and stimulate rural development. In this policy, the government has set blending targets for mixing ethanol and biodiesel with gasoline and diesel, respectively. In India, ethanol is produced from irrigated sugar-cane while biodiesel is produced from jatropha, which is said to require no irrigation. This paper analyzes the possible impacts of an increase in sugar-cane and jatropha production on water management and use. It finds that India's biofuel policy is likely to place additional pressure on scarce water resources. Although the development of biofuels may be necessary, care must be taken to anticipate its likely impacts on water resources.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shahnila Islam", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2012.694149"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Water%20Resources%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/07900627.2012.694149", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/07900627.2012.694149", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/07900627.2012.694149"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.13485", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-08-29", "title": "A meta-analysis of fertilizer-induced soil NO and combined NO+N2O emissions", "description": "AbstractSoils are among the important sources of atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O), acting as a critical role in atmospheric chemistry. Updated data derived from 114 peer\uffe2\uff80\uff90reviewed publications with 520 field measurements were synthesized using meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis procedure to examine the N fertilizer\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced soil NO and the combined NO+N2O emissions across global soils. Besides factors identified in earlier reviews, additional factors responsible for NO fluxes were fertilizer type, soil C/N ratio, crop residue incorporation, tillage, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, drought and biomass burning. When averaged across all measurements, soil NO\uffe2\uff80\uff90N fluxes were estimated to be 4.06\uffc2\uffa0kg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921, with the greatest (9.75\uffc2\uffa0kg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) in vegetable croplands and the lowest (0.11\uffc2\uffa0kg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921\uffc2\uffa0yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) in rice paddies. Soil NO emissions were more enhanced by synthetic N fertilizer (+38%), relative to organic (+20%) or mixed N (+18%) sources. Compared with synthetic N fertilizer alone, synthetic N fertilizer combined with nitrification inhibitors substantially reduced soil NO emissions by 81%. The global mean direct emission factors of N fertilizer for NO (EFNO) and combined NO+N2O (EFc) were estimated to be 1.16% and 2.58%, with 95% confidence intervals of 0.71\uffe2\uff80\uff931.61% and 1.81\uffe2\uff80\uff933.35%, respectively. Forests had the greatest EFNO (2.39%). Within the croplands, the EFNO (1.71%) and EFc (4.13%) were the greatest in vegetable cropping fields. Among different chemical N fertilizer varieties, ammonium nitrate had the greatest EFNO (2.93%) and EFc (5.97%). Some options such as organic instead of synthetic N fertilizer, decreasing N fertilizer input rate, nitrification inhibitor and low irrigation frequency could be adopted to mitigate soil NO emissions. More field measurements over multiyears are highly needed to minimize the estimate uncertainties and mitigate soil NO emissions, particularly in forests and vegetable croplands.
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