Pub Date : 2026-03-16DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08464-0
Jayram Pandey, Shalik Ram Sigdel, Dou Li, Xiaoming Lu, J. Julio Camarero, Eryuan Liang
{"title":"Positive shrub-soil feedbacks enhance growth of alpine juniper shrubs in the central Himalayas","authors":"Jayram Pandey, Shalik Ram Sigdel, Dou Li, Xiaoming Lu, J. Julio Camarero, Eryuan Liang","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08464-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08464-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08383-0
Ramadan Bedair, Mervat Z. Elliethy, Mostafa M. Mansour, Elsaid Saeed, El-Seedy M.E.
Aims This study assessed the comparative impact of irrigation with sewage wastewater (SWW) and mixed sewage-industrial wastewater (SIWW) on soil fertility indicators and heavy metal accumulation in clayey soils and rice grains, using Nile water (NW) irrigation as a control. Materials and Methods Samples were collected from 21 sites in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, representing three irrigation sources: seven sites each irrigated by SWW, SIWW, and NW. Results Soils and rice grains from wastewater-irrigated sites showed significantly elevated levels of salinity, nutrients, organic matter, and bioavailable heavy metals compared to the Nile water control. Soil pH was the sole exception, showing no significant difference. SWW sources exhibited the highest levels of salinity, biochemical oxygen demand, nutrients, and heavy metals. This directly corresponded with elevated levels of these constituents in the soil and, subsequently, in rice grains, demonstrating a clear source-pathway-receptor linkage. Evaluation of soil fertility using the Applied System for Land Evaluation software classified into two classes: good-C2 under, and fair-C3 under. Heavy metal levels in soil, water, and plants were within safe limits. The contamination factor values followed the order: Ni ˃ Cd ˃ Cu ˃ Pb ˃ Zn. The pollution load index of soils under SWW was higher than that of soils under SIWW. Conclusions Wastewater is a valuable source of nutrients that significantly improves soil fertility. However, the associated accumulation of soluble salts and bioavailable cadmium, which entered the food chain, necessitates immediate, targeted monitoring and source control to ensure long-term agricultural sustainability.
{"title":"Effects of Irrigation Water Sources on Soil Fertility, Heavy Metal Accumulation in both Soil and Rice (Oryza sativa L.)","authors":"Ramadan Bedair, Mervat Z. Elliethy, Mostafa M. Mansour, Elsaid Saeed, El-Seedy M.E.","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08383-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08383-0","url":null,"abstract":"Aims This study assessed the comparative impact of irrigation with sewage wastewater (SWW) and mixed sewage-industrial wastewater (SIWW) on soil fertility indicators and heavy metal accumulation in clayey soils and rice grains, using Nile water (NW) irrigation as a control. Materials and Methods Samples were collected from 21 sites in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, representing three irrigation sources: seven sites each irrigated by SWW, SIWW, and NW. Results Soils and rice grains from wastewater-irrigated sites showed significantly elevated levels of salinity, nutrients, organic matter, and bioavailable heavy metals compared to the Nile water control. Soil pH was the sole exception, showing no significant difference. SWW sources exhibited the highest levels of salinity, biochemical oxygen demand, nutrients, and heavy metals. This directly corresponded with elevated levels of these constituents in the soil and, subsequently, in rice grains, demonstrating a clear source-pathway-receptor linkage. Evaluation of soil fertility using the Applied System for Land Evaluation software classified into two classes: good-C2 under, and fair-C3 under. Heavy metal levels in soil, water, and plants were within safe limits. The contamination factor values followed the order: Ni ˃ Cd ˃ Cu ˃ Pb ˃ Zn. The pollution load index of soils under SWW was higher than that of soils under SIWW. Conclusions Wastewater is a valuable source of nutrients that significantly improves soil fertility. However, the associated accumulation of soluble salts and bioavailable cadmium, which entered the food chain, necessitates immediate, targeted monitoring and source control to ensure long-term agricultural sustainability.","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08443-5
José Andrés Llovet, Alberto Mario Peper
{"title":"Subsurface drip irrigation improving resource productivity in agricultural systems at different intensification levels","authors":"José Andrés Llovet, Alberto Mario Peper","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08443-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08443-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08454-2
Mohsin Ali, Minghao Liu, Ning Liu, Limin Zhang, Jing Huang, Naiqin Zhong, Pan Zhao, Ying Huang
{"title":"Diversity of Streptomyces species associated with potato common scab and genomic insights into their pathogenicity","authors":"Mohsin Ali, Minghao Liu, Ning Liu, Limin Zhang, Jing Huang, Naiqin Zhong, Pan Zhao, Ying Huang","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08454-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08454-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147462167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-13DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08455-1
J. Raggio, D. S. Pescador, E. Grote, L. G. Sancho, R. Finger-Higgens, J. Belnap
Background and aims Biocrust communities shape the soil surface in drylands, regulating important ecosystem properties. Despite this, few works address key functional attributes in these poikilohydric photosynthetic communities, including the length of metabolic activity in the field and its relationship with microclimate. We aim to disentangle the links between functional performance of a keystone biocrust species and environment in drylands, in order to better understand ecosystem functioning and services provided to the soil by these organisms. Methods We developed a 23 months monitoring experiment using very high resolution measurements of chlorophyll a fluorescence and microclimate in the field, comparing habitats with soils of different particle size composition and microclimatic conditions for the flagship biocrust moss Syntrichia caninervis on the Colorado Plateau, Utah, USA. Results While growing in soils of different composition did not impair the functional performance of the species, the sun/shade plasticity did affect key physiological attributes. Our results quantified a strategy based on avoidance of the most extreme environmental conditions, where metabolic activity only occur during 19.9% of the total time monitored. Relative humidity was the best microclimatic predictor of metabolic activity, and the annual length of metabolically active periods showed strong convergences with other drylands of the world. Conclusions These results collectively suggest a strong control of the environment over the ecosystem services provided by biocrusts. Our results include evidence for an improved understanding of the plasticity of S. caninervis to its variety of habitats, and its response to potential threats under different climate change scenarios.
{"title":"Understanding the links between functional performance and environment in cold desert ecosystems through the flagship biocrust forming moss Syntrichia caninervis","authors":"J. Raggio, D. S. Pescador, E. Grote, L. G. Sancho, R. Finger-Higgens, J. Belnap","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08455-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08455-1","url":null,"abstract":"Background and aims Biocrust communities shape the soil surface in drylands, regulating important ecosystem properties. Despite this, few works address key functional attributes in these poikilohydric photosynthetic communities, including the length of metabolic activity in the field and its relationship with microclimate. We aim to disentangle the links between functional performance of a keystone biocrust species and environment in drylands, in order to better understand ecosystem functioning and services provided to the soil by these organisms. Methods We developed a 23 months monitoring experiment using very high resolution measurements of chlorophyll <jats:italic>a</jats:italic> fluorescence and microclimate in the field, comparing habitats with soils of different particle size composition and microclimatic conditions for the flagship biocrust moss <jats:italic>Syntrichia caninervis</jats:italic> on the Colorado Plateau, Utah, USA. Results While growing in soils of different composition did not impair the functional performance of the species, the sun/shade plasticity did affect key physiological attributes. Our results quantified a strategy based on avoidance of the most extreme environmental conditions, where metabolic activity only occur during 19.9% of the total time monitored. Relative humidity was the best microclimatic predictor of metabolic activity, and the annual length of metabolically active periods showed strong convergences with other drylands of the world. Conclusions These results collectively suggest a strong control of the environment over the ecosystem services provided by biocrusts. Our results include evidence for an improved understanding of the plasticity of <jats:italic>S. caninervis</jats:italic> to its variety of habitats, and its response to potential threats under different climate change scenarios.","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"412 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-13DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08451-5
Muhammad Ateeq, Muhammad Azeem Ashraf, Qingfeng Dong, Hao Ren, Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir, Linzhou Huang, Liang Chen, Yin-Gang Hu
{"title":"Zinc oxide nano-priming fortifies Triticum aestivum L. against salt stress through physio-morphological, biochemical and transcriptomic responses","authors":"Muhammad Ateeq, Muhammad Azeem Ashraf, Qingfeng Dong, Hao Ren, Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir, Linzhou Huang, Liang Chen, Yin-Gang Hu","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08451-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08451-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147462168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-12DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08442-6
Xiaodan Ye, Xi Li, Xuhua Li, Lei Cai, Zhengjingru Xu, Wenhao Miao, Qiuhong Feng, Miao Chen
{"title":"Contrasting contributions of plant detritus carbon and microbial necromass carbon to soil organic carbon accumulation along subalpine forest restoration on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau","authors":"Xiaodan Ye, Xi Li, Xuhua Li, Lei Cai, Zhengjingru Xu, Wenhao Miao, Qiuhong Feng, Miao Chen","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08442-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08442-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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