Pub Date : 2025-12-15DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01968-4
Tianzhuo Cheng, Yingfan Wang, Davey L. Jones, Roland Bol, Wolfgang Wanek, Yongchao Liang, Qingxu Ma
{"title":"Sulphur wheel: A neglected driver for the coupling of multi-element cycles in soil","authors":"Tianzhuo Cheng, Yingfan Wang, Davey L. Jones, Roland Bol, Wolfgang Wanek, Yongchao Liang, Qingxu Ma","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01968-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01968-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145753157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-12-11DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01964-8
Hyun-Jin Park, Kwang-Seung Lee, Nuri Baek, Seo-Woo Park, Eun-Seo Shin, Jiyu Lee, Woo-Jung Choi
{"title":"δ15N and δ13C of pine sapling needles as indicators of enhanced N cycling and ameliorated acidity by alkaline fly ash application in artificially acidified soils","authors":"Hyun-Jin Park, Kwang-Seung Lee, Nuri Baek, Seo-Woo Park, Eun-Seo Shin, Jiyu Lee, Woo-Jung Choi","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01964-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01964-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145717917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-12-10DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01965-7
Daria Frohloff, Andreas Rytz, Michael Clare, Claudio Cropano, Guillaume Lassalle, Marcus A. Horn, Elodie Soussan, Adrian Ho
{"title":"Design-based soil sampling strategy for unbiased and precise soil characteristics in arable fields","authors":"Daria Frohloff, Andreas Rytz, Michael Clare, Claudio Cropano, Guillaume Lassalle, Marcus A. Horn, Elodie Soussan, Adrian Ho","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01965-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01965-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145711453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01963-9
Maria Vega Cofre, Jiarui Sun, Wendy Williams, Rebecca Lyons, Peter O’Reagain, Susanne Schmidt, Paul G. Dennis
{"title":"Impacts of grazing management on biocrust microbiomes and their potential to input and cycle nutrients","authors":"Maria Vega Cofre, Jiarui Sun, Wendy Williams, Rebecca Lyons, Peter O’Reagain, Susanne Schmidt, Paul G. Dennis","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01963-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01963-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145703986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-12-06DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01966-6
Viola Kurm, Mirjam T. Schilder, Johnny H. M. Visser, Joeke Postma
{"title":"Integration of six field studies to assess soil suppressiveness against Globisporangium ultimum under different management practices","authors":"Viola Kurm, Mirjam T. Schilder, Johnny H. M. Visser, Joeke Postma","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01966-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01966-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"25 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145680324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-12-03DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01957-7
Obey Kudakwashe Zveushe, Faqin Dong, Ying Han, Hengxing Zhang, Wenfang Chen, Lucas Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Lei Zhou, Wei Zhang, Víctor Resco de Dios
{"title":"Dissecting the shift in dominant bacterial protein functions during primary succession in a retreating glacier from the eastern Tibetan plateau","authors":"Obey Kudakwashe Zveushe, Faqin Dong, Ying Han, Hengxing Zhang, Wenfang Chen, Lucas Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Lei Zhou, Wei Zhang, Víctor Resco de Dios","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01957-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01957-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145657209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01961-x
Jin-Cheng Ye, Wei-Liang Li, You-Qun Xie, Huan Du, Lei Xiang, Bai-Lin Liu, Nai-Xian Feng, Yan-Wen Li, Quan-Ying Cai, Miaoyue Zhang, Ce-Hui Mo, Hai-Ming Zhao
{"title":"Enhanced bioremediation of α-terpineol-contaminated mining soil through immobilization of Indigenous biosurfactant-producing bacteria on biochar","authors":"Jin-Cheng Ye, Wei-Liang Li, You-Qun Xie, Huan Du, Lei Xiang, Bai-Lin Liu, Nai-Xian Feng, Yan-Wen Li, Quan-Ying Cai, Miaoyue Zhang, Ce-Hui Mo, Hai-Ming Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01961-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01961-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145441310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01959-5
Zhiyang Zhang, Xin Jing, Steffen Kolb, Yi Jiao
Herbivore dung deposition represents a fundamental ecological disturbance in grassland ecosystems, profoundly modulating biogeochemical processes such as nutrient pool dynamics. While short-term effects on specific nutrient processes is generally established, the long-term consequences of herbivore dung deposition on soil nutrient pool turnover in alpine grassland, particularly the interacting biotic and abiotic regulatory mechanisms, remains incomplete. To bridge this knowledge gap, we established a three-year yak dung decomposition experiment in a permanently grazed alpine pasture on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, investigating how dung-induced alterations in bacterial communities and some critical soil parameters (including pH, moisture content, and enzymatic activities) collectively regulate nutrient pool turnover in alpine grassland soils. Results showed that dung deposition substantially accelerates soil nutrient cycling, with peak turnover occurring during the early and middle decomposition phases. Concurrently, dung deposition elevated the soil pH and moisture content and enhanced the enzymatic activities integral to the nutrient turnovers, including β-1,4-glucosidase, β-1,4-xylosidase, L-leucine aminopeptidase, acid phosphatase, and oxidase activities, as well as increased the diversity (Shannon index) and altered the composition of bacterial communities. Bacterial communities, moisture content, enzymatic activities, and pH collectively regulate nutrient pool turnover, with bacterial communities exerting the strongest influence among these factors. Notably, dung deposition significantly enriched bacterial lineages, particularly Pseudomonadota , Bacteroidota , and Bacillota , along with their dominant subgroups (e.g., Alphaproteobacteria , Gammaproteobacteria , Bacteroidia , and Bacilli ), which emerged as the primary copiotrophic microbial drivers of nutrient pool turnover in response to dung inputs. Together, these findings from our full-lifecycle in situ experiment demonstrate that herbivore dung deposition accelerates alpine grassland soil nutrient cycling predominantly by stimulating copiotrophic bacterial activity. This integrated perspective advances our understanding of how escalating herbivore activity may reshape biogeochemical cycling in grazed alpine ecosystems, with implications for sustainable grassland management and carbon sequestration strategies.
{"title":"Herbivore Dung inputs mainly drive copiotrophic bacterial contributions to soil nutrient pool turnover in alpine grasslands","authors":"Zhiyang Zhang, Xin Jing, Steffen Kolb, Yi Jiao","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01959-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01959-5","url":null,"abstract":"Herbivore dung deposition represents a fundamental ecological disturbance in grassland ecosystems, profoundly modulating biogeochemical processes such as nutrient pool dynamics. While short-term effects on specific nutrient processes is generally established, the long-term consequences of herbivore dung deposition on soil nutrient pool turnover in alpine grassland, particularly the interacting biotic and abiotic regulatory mechanisms, remains incomplete. To bridge this knowledge gap, we established a three-year yak dung decomposition experiment in a permanently grazed alpine pasture on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, investigating how dung-induced alterations in bacterial communities and some critical soil parameters (including pH, moisture content, and enzymatic activities) collectively regulate nutrient pool turnover in alpine grassland soils. Results showed that dung deposition substantially accelerates soil nutrient cycling, with peak turnover occurring during the early and middle decomposition phases. Concurrently, dung deposition elevated the soil pH and moisture content and enhanced the enzymatic activities integral to the nutrient turnovers, including β-1,4-glucosidase, β-1,4-xylosidase, L-leucine aminopeptidase, acid phosphatase, and oxidase activities, as well as increased the diversity (Shannon index) and altered the composition of bacterial communities. Bacterial communities, moisture content, enzymatic activities, and pH collectively regulate nutrient pool turnover, with bacterial communities exerting the strongest influence among these factors. Notably, dung deposition significantly enriched bacterial lineages, particularly <jats:italic>Pseudomonadota</jats:italic> , <jats:italic>Bacteroidota</jats:italic> , and <jats:italic>Bacillota</jats:italic> , along with their dominant subgroups (e.g., <jats:italic>Alphaproteobacteria</jats:italic> , <jats:italic>Gammaproteobacteria</jats:italic> , <jats:italic>Bacteroidia</jats:italic> , and <jats:italic>Bacilli</jats:italic> ), which emerged as the primary copiotrophic microbial drivers of nutrient pool turnover in response to dung inputs. Together, these findings from our full-lifecycle in situ experiment demonstrate that herbivore dung deposition accelerates alpine grassland soil nutrient cycling predominantly by stimulating copiotrophic bacterial activity. This integrated perspective advances our understanding of how escalating herbivore activity may reshape biogeochemical cycling in grazed alpine ecosystems, with implications for sustainable grassland management and carbon sequestration strategies.","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"150 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145403941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 : 2025-10-27DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01958-6
Dechang Ji, Bin Zhou, Haoran Yu, Kyle Mason-Jones, Jingkuan Wang, Fan Ding
{"title":"Grassland above- and below-ground inputs have similar effects on soil organic matter: A five-year field trial","authors":"Dechang Ji, Bin Zhou, Haoran Yu, Kyle Mason-Jones, Jingkuan Wang, Fan Ding","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01958-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01958-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145382215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}