Pub Date : 2026-01-12DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01976-4
Nora Bissinger, Hannah Anzenberger, Sabine von Tucher, Rüdiger Reichel, Nicolas Brüggemann, Michael Schloter, Stefanie Schulz
High-carbon amendments (HCAs) are increasingly recognized as important tools in agriculture for reducing nutrient losses, such as nitrate leaching resulting from nitrification. However, most studies have not considered the influence of climate change as a confounding factor. In this study, we took advantage of an extreme drought lasting over eight weeks in late spring 2023 in Southern Germany. We examined the effects of wheat straw application as an HCA, implemented in late autumn 2022, within a field trial of an oilseed rape–winter wheat rotation. Using a molecular barcoding approach, we analyzed bacterial and archaeal communities in soil samples collected six, nine, eleven, and twelve months after HCA application during the wheat-growing season. HCA application had a positive effect on the thousand-kernel weight and stabilized microbial community composition, as indicated by a greater shared core microbiome across all sampling time points. Members of the phyla Acidobacteriota (e.g., Vicinamibacteraceae , Blastocatellaceae ) and Bacteroidota ( Chitinophagaceae ), known degraders of complex organic materials, benefited from HCA addition. In contrast, bacteria typically associated with the winter wheat rhizosphere, such as Arthrobacter and Bradyrhizobium , were not affected, suggesting that HCAs exerted a greater impact on the bulk soil microbiome than on the rhizosphere. Overall, HCA implementation enhanced the stability of the soil microbiome during drought and promoted faster recovery afterward, highlighting an additional ecological benefit of these amendments.
{"title":"Application of high carbon amendments stabilizes soil microbial community composition and improves microbial recovery after a late spring drought during winter wheat cultivation","authors":"Nora Bissinger, Hannah Anzenberger, Sabine von Tucher, Rüdiger Reichel, Nicolas Brüggemann, Michael Schloter, Stefanie Schulz","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01976-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01976-4","url":null,"abstract":"High-carbon amendments (HCAs) are increasingly recognized as important tools in agriculture for reducing nutrient losses, such as nitrate leaching resulting from nitrification. However, most studies have not considered the influence of climate change as a confounding factor. In this study, we took advantage of an extreme drought lasting over eight weeks in late spring 2023 in Southern Germany. We examined the effects of wheat straw application as an HCA, implemented in late autumn 2022, within a field trial of an oilseed rape–winter wheat rotation. Using a molecular barcoding approach, we analyzed bacterial and archaeal communities in soil samples collected six, nine, eleven, and twelve months after HCA application during the wheat-growing season. HCA application had a positive effect on the thousand-kernel weight and stabilized microbial community composition, as indicated by a greater shared core microbiome across all sampling time points. Members of the phyla <jats:italic>Acidobacteriota</jats:italic> (e.g., <jats:italic>Vicinamibacteraceae</jats:italic> , <jats:italic>Blastocatellaceae</jats:italic> ) and <jats:italic>Bacteroidota</jats:italic> ( <jats:italic>Chitinophagaceae</jats:italic> ), known degraders of complex organic materials, benefited from HCA addition. In contrast, bacteria typically associated with the winter wheat rhizosphere, such as <jats:italic>Arthrobacter</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Bradyrhizobium</jats:italic> , were not affected, suggesting that HCAs exerted a greater impact on the bulk soil microbiome than on the rhizosphere. Overall, HCA implementation enhanced the stability of the soil microbiome during drought and promoted faster recovery afterward, highlighting an additional ecological benefit of these amendments.","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145955180","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}
{"title":"pH thresholds govern the effects of catechol on some C-related enzyme activities under contrasting hydrological regimes","authors":"Peiqi Xin, Zhenhua Chen, Yulan Zhang, Jian Gu, Nan Jiang, Lijun Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01972-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01972-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145947189","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 : 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01967-5
Julia Barra Netto-Ferreira, Chris H. Wilson, Kaile Zhang, Gabriel Maltais-Landry
{"title":"Sustainable intensification with winter crops stimulates soil nitrogen availability and microbially-mediated N cycling but does not result in substantial benefits to subsequent corn","authors":"Julia Barra Netto-Ferreira, Chris H. Wilson, Kaile Zhang, Gabriel Maltais-Landry","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01967-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01967-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"253 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145947191","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 : 2026-01-03DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01974-6
Junru Li, Yao Liu, Hao Huang, Ning Su, Qiulong Hu, Xiangmin Rong, Yuping Zhang, Jianwei Peng, Gongwen Luo
{"title":"Nitrogen fertilization simultaneously strengthens soil carbon and nitrogen pools, with implications for productivity gain of double-cropping rice system","authors":"Junru Li, Yao Liu, Hao Huang, Ning Su, Qiulong Hu, Xiangmin Rong, Yuping Zhang, Jianwei Peng, Gongwen Luo","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01974-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01974-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"386 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145894336","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 : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01954-w
Jie Yang, Kunhao Guan, Qingli Xiao, Chao Yang, Kui Peng, Pingwei Qin, Chaopeng Song, Xiaoyan Dai
{"title":"Dynamic modulation of rhizosphere microbial diversity and function across tobacco growth stages by biochar","authors":"Jie Yang, Kunhao Guan, Qingli Xiao, Chao Yang, Kui Peng, Pingwei Qin, Chaopeng Song, Xiaoyan Dai","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01954-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01954-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"62 1","pages":"39-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147381628","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}
{"title":"Linking nitrous oxide emissions and soil urease kinetics with uratolytic microbial communities: effects of nano zero-valent iron and dicyandiamide","authors":"Manyun Zhang, Xinlin Zhao, Negar Omidvar, Jie Wen, Tangrong Zhou, Wenyun Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01969-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01969-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145807693","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 : 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01971-9
Jianwei Li, Jeewani H. Peduruhewa, Robert W. Brown, David R. Chadwick, Robert I. Griffiths, Haoran Fu, Hongfeng Bian, LianXi Sheng, Qinqxu Ma, Davey L. Jones
As a promising strategy for improving soil health and mitigating climate change, biochar has received increasing attention in recent years. However, findings regarding its microbial effects are often context-dependent, and the complex impacts of biochar on soil microbial communities remain inadequately understood. Here, we integrated 843 samples of 16 S rRNA sequencing data from 24 independent studies, utilizing machine learning and co-occurrence network analysis to evaluate general patterns and mechanisms by which biochar alters bacteria community composition and survival strategies. Overall, biochar significantly increased soil organic C, total N, pH, and reduced bulk density, which in turn affected microbial communities. While biochar addition did not notably alter bacterial α-diversity (Shannon index or species richness), it significantly changed β-diversity, indicating that biochar addition altered microbial community composition. Biochar changed community composition and survival strategies by reducing the oligotroph/copiotroph ratio, favouring copiotrophs groups (e.g., Bacteroidota). K -strategists (e.g., Planctomycetota) were reduced by biochar, potentially due to increased nutrient availability and increased competition. Model selection analysis identified that soil physicochemical properties were key drivers of α-diversity, while climate variables were the main factors influencing β-diversity. Biochar properties represented key factors influencing changes in microbial survival strategy. Machine learning identified 138 biomarker genera, with biochar-treated soils showing an increase in Pseudomonadota. Co-occurrence network analysis indicated that biochar increased microbial stability, but reduced network complexity, suggesting a trade-off between resilience and functional redundancy following biochar addition. These findings provide new insights into how biochar influences the composition and ecological functions of soil bacterial communities and offer theoretical support for its scientific application in sustainable soil management.
{"title":"Biochar reshapes soil bacterial community composition and survival strategies: a meta-analysis revealing trade-offs between microbial stability and functional complexity","authors":"Jianwei Li, Jeewani H. Peduruhewa, Robert W. Brown, David R. Chadwick, Robert I. Griffiths, Haoran Fu, Hongfeng Bian, LianXi Sheng, Qinqxu Ma, Davey L. Jones","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01971-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01971-9","url":null,"abstract":"As a promising strategy for improving soil health and mitigating climate change, biochar has received increasing attention in recent years. However, findings regarding its microbial effects are often context-dependent, and the complex impacts of biochar on soil microbial communities remain inadequately understood. Here, we integrated 843 samples of 16 S rRNA sequencing data from 24 independent studies, utilizing machine learning and co-occurrence network analysis to evaluate general patterns and mechanisms by which biochar alters bacteria community composition and survival strategies. Overall, biochar significantly increased soil organic C, total N, pH, and reduced bulk density, which in turn affected microbial communities. While biochar addition did not notably alter bacterial α-diversity (Shannon index or species richness), it significantly changed β-diversity, indicating that biochar addition altered microbial community composition. Biochar changed community composition and survival strategies by reducing the oligotroph/copiotroph ratio, favouring copiotrophs groups (e.g., Bacteroidota). <jats:italic>K</jats:italic> -strategists (e.g., Planctomycetota) were reduced by biochar, potentially due to increased nutrient availability and increased competition. Model selection analysis identified that soil physicochemical properties were key drivers of α-diversity, while climate variables were the main factors influencing β-diversity. Biochar properties represented key factors influencing changes in microbial survival strategy. Machine learning identified 138 biomarker genera, with biochar-treated soils showing an increase in Pseudomonadota. Co-occurrence network analysis indicated that biochar increased microbial stability, but reduced network complexity, suggesting a trade-off between resilience and functional redundancy following biochar addition. These findings provide new insights into how biochar influences the composition and ecological functions of soil bacterial communities and offer theoretical support for its scientific application in sustainable soil management.","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145796184","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 : 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1007/s00374-025-01960-y
Winnie Ntinyari, Søren O. Petersen
{"title":"Manure distribution interacts with soil moisture and nitrate availability in controlling soil N2O emissions","authors":"Winnie Ntinyari, Søren O. Petersen","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01960-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01960-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145796197","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}
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