{"title":"Source identification and risk assessment of selenium and trace metals in the soil-tea system in Enshi, China","authors":"Minglong Li, Tianyu Zhao, Yunfen Zhu, Xunru Ai, Qiang Zhu, Keyuan Xu, Deshun Zheng, Liang Qiu","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08248-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08248-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"144 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145972566","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}
{"title":"A novel quantitative approach for factor identification and risk prediction of cadmium accumulation in wheat using machine learning and Bayesian models","authors":"Yakun Wang, Zhuo Zhang, Chouyuan Liang, Haochong Huang, Kening Wu, Huafu Zhao, Yuxian Shangguan","doi":"10.1007/s11104-026-08272-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08272-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"728 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145972549","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}
{"title":"Mechanisms of growth enhancement in Tartary buckwheat by endophytic fungi: a transcriptomic and metabolomic insight","authors":"Qiqi Xie, Yujie Jia, Jiwen Tao, Tongliang Bu, Xinyu Zhang, Yirong Xiao, Qingfeng Li, Zizhong Tang, Lu Zhang, Gonghong Li, Junhua Liao","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08243-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08243-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145968588","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}
Background Drought stress (DS) is a major abiotic constraint threatening agricultural productivity and global food security. Traditional agronomic approaches have achieved limited success in sustainably enhancing plant drought tolerance. Nano-enabled agriculture, particularly using metal-based nanoparticles (MNPs), has emerged as a promising strategy to improve plant resilience under stress. In addition to serving as micronutrient supplements, MNPs interact with plant signalling systems to regulate physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses to DS. Scope This review synthesises current knowledge on uptake, translocation, accumulation, and physiological interactions of MNPs in plants, focusing on their drought-alleviating potential. We analyse how MNPs modulate water retention, activate antioxidant defence systems, enhance photosynthetic efficiency, and improve root nutrient acquisition under DS. A special emphasis is placed on the role of MNPs in regulating drought-responsive gene expression and stress-signalling pathways. We identify major research gaps requiring future attention, including: (1) optimising nanoparticle formulations for targeted delivery; (2) elucidating interactions between MNPs and soil microbial communities; (3) understanding long-term ecological effects and fate of MNPs in soil–plant systems; and (4) developing reliable field application strategies maximising efficacy while ensuring environmental safety. Conclusion Nano-enabled agriculture using MNPs offers a promising route to enhance plant drought resilience by improving water relations, redox balance, photosynthesis and nutrient uptake. To move from concept to practice, future work must link the mechanistic understanding of above processes with long-term fate assessments and socio-economic analyses so that nano-inputs are safe-by-design, well-regulated and genuinely affordable for farmers.
{"title":"From uptake to resilience: How metal-based nanoparticles can enhance plant drought tolerance","authors":"Yunpeng Tao, Quanlong Gao, Xiaowen Fan, Honghong Wu, Sergey Shabala","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08230-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08230-8","url":null,"abstract":"Background Drought stress (DS) is a major abiotic constraint threatening agricultural productivity and global food security. Traditional agronomic approaches have achieved limited success in sustainably enhancing plant drought tolerance. Nano-enabled agriculture, particularly using metal-based nanoparticles (MNPs), has emerged as a promising strategy to improve plant resilience under stress. In addition to serving as micronutrient supplements, MNPs interact with plant signalling systems to regulate physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses to DS. Scope This review synthesises current knowledge on uptake, translocation, accumulation, and physiological interactions of MNPs in plants, focusing on their drought-alleviating potential. We analyse how MNPs modulate water retention, activate antioxidant defence systems, enhance photosynthetic efficiency, and improve root nutrient acquisition under DS. A special emphasis is placed on the role of MNPs in regulating drought-responsive gene expression and stress-signalling pathways. We identify major research gaps requiring future attention, including: (1) optimising nanoparticle formulations for targeted delivery; (2) elucidating interactions between MNPs and soil microbial communities; (3) understanding long-term ecological effects and fate of MNPs in soil–plant systems; and (4) developing reliable field application strategies maximising efficacy while ensuring environmental safety. Conclusion Nano-enabled agriculture using MNPs offers a promising route to enhance plant drought resilience by improving water relations, redox balance, photosynthesis and nutrient uptake. To move from concept to practice, future work must link the mechanistic understanding of above processes with long-term fate assessments and socio-economic analyses so that nano-inputs are safe-by-design, well-regulated and genuinely affordable for farmers.","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145968587","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 : 2026-01-13DOI: 10.1007/s11104-025-08202-y
Solomon Yokamo, Bin Wang, Muhammad Irfan, Yiliu Wang, Muhammad Ishfaq, Dianjun Lu, Xiaoqin Chen, Xiaoqi Jin, Huoyan Wang
{"title":"Optimizing wheat fertilizer placement through lateral distance and row configuration for enhanced yield, profitability, and nitrogen use efficiency","authors":"Solomon Yokamo, Bin Wang, Muhammad Irfan, Yiliu Wang, Muhammad Ishfaq, Dianjun Lu, Xiaoqin Chen, Xiaoqi Jin, Huoyan Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08202-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08202-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145961664","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 : 2026-01-13DOI: 10.1007/s11104-025-08268-8
Samuel J. Willard, Elena Vanguelova, Bonnie Waring
Aims Nitrogen (N) is an essential element for soil microbes, and its addition to soil can have variable effects on decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC). We sought to quantify how N addition affects soil microbial decomposition and SOC stability by examining chemically free particulate organic C (POC) and chemically bound mineral-associated organic C (MAOC). Methods Working along a naturally occurring inorganic N deposition gradient (from 6–32 kg ha −1 yr −1 ) across 26 UK forest sites, we examined correlations among POC, MAOC, and inorganic N pools, comparing the responses of organo-mineral vs. mineral soils, and broadleaf vs. conifer forests. Results POC stocks and total microbial biomass C were not affected by N deposition in broadleaved forest soils, yet MAOC stocks increased. In conifer forest soils, MAOC decreased and POC and the microbial biomass pools were unchanged. POC and MAOC stocks were significantly greater in mineral soils than organo-mineral soils, while most inorganic N measurements did not differ by soil type. Climatic factors were found to have a weak effect on soil C pools, but POC, MAOC, DOC, and microbial biomass C all decreased with increasing stand basal area. Conclusions Our results show that the effects of inorganic N addition on soil C and N cycling can depend upon local plant and soil types. Alongside N deposition, forest attributes such as stand age and forest type have a strong effect on the microbial and geochemical factors that ultimately control POC and MAOC stability.
目的氮(N)是土壤微生物的必需元素,其添加对土壤有机碳(SOC)的分解有不同的影响。我们试图通过检测化学游离颗粒有机碳(POC)和化学结合矿物相关有机碳(MAOC)来量化N添加如何影响土壤微生物分解和有机碳稳定性。研究人员沿着天然无机氮沉积梯度(从6-32 kg ha−1 yr−1)研究了26个英国森林站点的POC、MAOC和无机氮库之间的相关性,比较了有机矿质土壤与矿质土壤、阔叶林与针叶林的响应。结果氮沉降对阔叶林土壤POC储量和微生物总生物量C没有影响,而MAOC储量增加。针叶林土壤MAOC降低,POC和微生物生物量库保持不变。矿质土壤的POC和mac储量显著高于有机-矿质土壤,而大多数无机N的测量值在土壤类型上没有差异。气候因子对土壤C库的影响较弱,但POC、MAOC、DOC和微生物生物量C均随林分基面积的增加而降低。结论无机氮添加对土壤C和N循环的影响取决于当地植物和土壤类型。除N沉降外,林龄和森林类型等森林属性对微生物和地球化学因素也有重要影响,最终控制POC和MAOC的稳定性。
{"title":"Nitrogen deposition is linked to changes in mineral-associated organic carbon in forest soils in the United Kingdom","authors":"Samuel J. Willard, Elena Vanguelova, Bonnie Waring","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08268-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08268-8","url":null,"abstract":"Aims Nitrogen (N) is an essential element for soil microbes, and its addition to soil can have variable effects on decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC). We sought to quantify how N addition affects soil microbial decomposition and SOC stability by examining chemically free particulate organic C (POC) and chemically bound mineral-associated organic C (MAOC). Methods Working along a naturally occurring inorganic N deposition gradient (from 6–32 kg ha <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> yr <jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> ) across 26 UK forest sites, we examined correlations among POC, MAOC, and inorganic N pools, comparing the responses of organo-mineral <jats:italic>vs.</jats:italic> mineral soils, and broadleaf <jats:italic>vs.</jats:italic> conifer forests. Results POC stocks and total microbial biomass C were not affected by N deposition in broadleaved forest soils, yet MAOC stocks increased. In conifer forest soils, MAOC decreased and POC and the microbial biomass pools were unchanged. POC and MAOC stocks were significantly greater in mineral soils than organo-mineral soils, while most inorganic N measurements did not differ by soil type. Climatic factors were found to have a weak effect on soil C pools, but POC, MAOC, DOC, and microbial biomass C all decreased with increasing stand basal area. Conclusions Our results show that the effects of inorganic N addition on soil C and N cycling can depend upon local plant and soil types. Alongside N deposition, forest attributes such as stand age and forest type have a strong effect on the microbial and geochemical factors that ultimately control POC and MAOC stability.","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145961665","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 : 2026-01-13DOI: 10.1007/s11104-025-08252-2
Christian Tötzke, Sarah Bereswill, Nicolas Lenoir, Cyrille Couture, Oriol Sans-Planell, Nikolay Kardjilov, Sascha E. Oswald, Lukas Helfen
Background and aims Root system architecture (RSA) shapes biogeochemical concentration patterns in the rhizosphere. Root-soil studies are often conducted on plants cultivated in rectangular rhizotrons, including when using 2D hydrochemical analysis methods. However, roots naturally expand in three dimensions, with the rhizosphere extending accordingly. Three-dimensional neutron imaging can enhance interpretation of such studies, yet imaging flat, slab-shaped rhizotrons is technically challenging. This study presents a methodological comparison between conventional neutron tomography (NT) and neutron computed laminography (NCL) to assess whether NT under high-flux conditions can achieve image quality sufficient for 3D root segmentation, comparable to NCL, without requiring tilting of the rotation axis. Methods NT and NCL were applied to maize plants grown in rectangular rhizotrons. Imaging artifacts and their impact on root segmentation were assessed for two plants representing low and high soil moisture conditions suitable for neutron imaging. Results Both methods produced 3D tomograms of comparable quality across the tested moisture range, enabling effective segmentation of primary and seminal roots. Lateral root detection was more challenging and depended on soil moisture. NCL captured a greater number of horizontally oriented lateral roots while NT was more effective in resolving vertically oriented roots. Conclusions NCL is not required to resolve 3D RSA of maize plants in flat rhizotrons. Under high-flux neutron beam conditions, NT is preferable as it simplifies sample handling, reduces plant stress, avoids soil water redistribution and enables direct integration with timeseries of 2D chemical and neutron radiographic imaging.
背景与目的根系结构(Root system architecture, RSA)决定了根际生物地球化学浓度模式。根土研究通常是在矩形根茎中栽培的植物上进行的,包括使用二维水化学分析方法。然而,根在三维空间中自然扩张,根际也随之延伸。三维中子成像可以增强对这类研究的解释,但成像平坦的板状根管在技术上具有挑战性。本研究提出了传统中子层析成像(NT)和中子计算机层析成像(NCL)之间的方法比较,以评估高通量条件下的NT是否可以在不需要倾斜旋转轴的情况下获得足够的图像质量,与NCL相当,用于三维根分割。方法对长方形根管种植的玉米植株施用NT和NCL。研究了两种适合中子成像的植物的成像伪影及其对根系分割的影响。结果两种方法都产生了在测试湿度范围内质量相当的3D断层图,能够有效地分割初生根和种子根。侧根检测更具挑战性,且依赖于土壤湿度。NCL捕获更多水平取向的侧根,而NT更有效地解决垂直取向的根。结论不需要NCL来解析平坦根茎中玉米植株的三维RSA。在高通量中子束条件下,NT更可取,因为它简化了样品处理,减少了植物胁迫,避免了土壤水分的重新分配,并且可以直接与二维化学和中子射线成像的时间序列相结合。
{"title":"Advancing root architecture analysis: 3D neutron imaging of plants grown in slab rhizotrons","authors":"Christian Tötzke, Sarah Bereswill, Nicolas Lenoir, Cyrille Couture, Oriol Sans-Planell, Nikolay Kardjilov, Sascha E. Oswald, Lukas Helfen","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08252-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08252-2","url":null,"abstract":"Background and aims Root system architecture (RSA) shapes biogeochemical concentration patterns in the rhizosphere. Root-soil studies are often conducted on plants cultivated in rectangular rhizotrons, including when using 2D hydrochemical analysis methods. However, roots naturally expand in three dimensions, with the rhizosphere extending accordingly. Three-dimensional neutron imaging can enhance interpretation of such studies, yet imaging flat, slab-shaped rhizotrons is technically challenging. This study presents a methodological comparison between conventional neutron tomography (NT) and neutron computed laminography (NCL) to assess whether NT under high-flux conditions can achieve image quality sufficient for 3D root segmentation, comparable to NCL, without requiring tilting of the rotation axis. Methods NT and NCL were applied to maize plants grown in rectangular rhizotrons. Imaging artifacts and their impact on root segmentation were assessed for two plants representing low and high soil moisture conditions suitable for neutron imaging. Results Both methods produced 3D tomograms of comparable quality across the tested moisture range, enabling effective segmentation of primary and seminal roots. Lateral root detection was more challenging and depended on soil moisture. NCL captured a greater number of horizontally oriented lateral roots while NT was more effective in resolving vertically oriented roots. Conclusions NCL is not required to resolve 3D RSA of maize plants in flat rhizotrons. Under high-flux neutron beam conditions, NT is preferable as it simplifies sample handling, reduces plant stress, avoids soil water redistribution and enables direct integration with timeseries of 2D chemical and neutron radiographic imaging.","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145961666","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 : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1007/s11104-025-08241-5
Zihao Liu, Yahui Huang, Xiaoming Chen, Jie Zhu, Fanzhou Tang, Wenkun Zhu, Qing Wang, Zhaohui Huang, Bo Zhu
{"title":"Promotion of root Cd enrichment and inhibition of its translocation through integrated strategies","authors":"Zihao Liu, Yahui Huang, Xiaoming Chen, Jie Zhu, Fanzhou Tang, Wenkun Zhu, Qing Wang, Zhaohui Huang, Bo Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08241-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08241-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145955184","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 : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1007/s11104-025-08021-1
Elena Kost, Dominika Kundel, Matti Barthel, Rafaela Feola Conz, Roland Anton Werner, Shiva Ghiasi, Tabata Aline Bublitz, Paul Mäder, Hans-Martin Krause, Johan Six, Martin Hartmann, Jochen Mayer
Aims Increasing droughts affect crop yield and health. Plants can respond to drought by adapting their root biomass, root morphology, and quality and quantity of rhizodeposition to improve water and nutrient uptake. Besides droughts, agricultural management influences roots and rhizodeposition; however, it is not well studied how agricultural management can affect the response of roots and rhizodeposition to drought. Methods A semi-continuous 13 CO 2 isotope labelling experiment was performed in a long-term field experiment comparing biodynamic, mixed conventional, and mineral conventional cropping systems. Rainout shelters were installed to induce drought. Root, net rhizodeposition, and the rhizosphere microbiome were determined at ripening of wheat. Results Drought enhanced the total root carbon mainly through the increase of fine roots. Fine root carbon under drought was primarily enhanced in the mixed conventional and biodynamic cropping system, both receiving farmyard manure, whereas no increase was measured in the mineral fertilized conventional system. Net rhizodeposition carbon was enhanced in all cropping systems under drought, particularly in the first 0.25 m. While some plant-growth-promoting genera such as Streptomyces and Rhizophagus showed relative increases under drought, other plant growth-promoting genera often involved in nitrogen fixation such as Rhodoferax and Mesorhizobium were decreased. Conclusion This field trial suggests that drought increases total belowground carbon input via fine root and net rhizodeposition carbon inputs. Since fine root carbon increased under drought in cropping systems with farmyard manure, adding manure under future drought periods could be advantageous to increase soil carbon inputs and improve nutrient foraging.
{"title":"Drought increases root and rhizodeposition carbon inputs into soils","authors":"Elena Kost, Dominika Kundel, Matti Barthel, Rafaela Feola Conz, Roland Anton Werner, Shiva Ghiasi, Tabata Aline Bublitz, Paul Mäder, Hans-Martin Krause, Johan Six, Martin Hartmann, Jochen Mayer","doi":"10.1007/s11104-025-08021-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08021-1","url":null,"abstract":"Aims Increasing droughts affect crop yield and health. Plants can respond to drought by adapting their root biomass, root morphology, and quality and quantity of rhizodeposition to improve water and nutrient uptake. Besides droughts, agricultural management influences roots and rhizodeposition; however, it is not well studied how agricultural management can affect the response of roots and rhizodeposition to drought. Methods A semi-continuous <jats:sup>13</jats:sup> CO <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> isotope labelling experiment was performed in a long-term field experiment comparing biodynamic, mixed conventional, and mineral conventional cropping systems. Rainout shelters were installed to induce drought. Root, net rhizodeposition, and the rhizosphere microbiome were determined at ripening of wheat. Results Drought enhanced the total root carbon mainly through the increase of fine roots. Fine root carbon under drought was primarily enhanced in the mixed conventional and biodynamic cropping system, both receiving farmyard manure, whereas no increase was measured in the mineral fertilized conventional system. Net rhizodeposition carbon was enhanced in all cropping systems under drought, particularly in the first 0.25 m. While some plant-growth-promoting genera such as <jats:italic>Streptomyces</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Rhizophagus</jats:italic> showed relative increases under drought, other plant growth-promoting genera often involved in nitrogen fixation such as <jats:italic>Rhodoferax</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Mesorhizobium</jats:italic> were decreased. Conclusion This field trial suggests that drought increases total belowground carbon input via fine root and net rhizodeposition carbon inputs. Since fine root carbon increased under drought in cropping systems with farmyard manure, adding manure under future drought periods could be advantageous to increase soil carbon inputs and improve nutrient foraging.","PeriodicalId":20223,"journal":{"name":"Plant and Soil","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145955182","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}