How do earthworms affect organic matter decomposition in the presence of clay-sized minerals?

J Barthod, MF Dignac, G Le Mer, N Bottinelli… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
… We used a model system consisting of fresh OM incubated … Such studies were based on
so-called ‘synthetic or artificial soil’ … This accelerated decomposition is in contrast to the common …

[HTML][HTML] Iron-mediated organic matter decomposition in humid soils can counteract protection

C Chen, SJ Hall, E Coward, A Thompson - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
… of Fe in retarding and accelerating C loss in the initial stages of … has been shown previously
in synthetic pure systems 44 , and … the mineralization of fresh DOM inputs to soil. Others have …

Woody peat addition increases soil organic matter but its mineralization is affected by soil clay in the four degenerated erodible soils

W Fu, J Fan, S Wang, H Wang, Z Dai, X Zhao… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
… The trend is accelerated by irrational farming choices (eg, … degradation from four regions of
China were selected: (i) black … , and desert areas), and artificial protection forests (ant forests) …

Formation efficiency of soil organic matter from plant litter is governed by clay mineral type more than plant litter quality

Y Xu, K Liu, S Yao, Y Zhang, X Zhang, H He, W Feng… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
… Plant litters incorporated in soils are decomposed by … of the supernatant and fresh application
of hydrogen peroxide until … This value was highest for the pure vermiculite material with the …

Changes to soil organic matter decomposition rate and its temperature sensitivity along water table gradients in cold-temperate forest swamps

H Bian, S Zheng, Y Liu, L Xu, Z Chen, N He - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
… the scenarios of artificial draining and climate warming. … as follows: 10 g of fresh soil was
first weighed and placed in a … temperature could accelerate SOM decomposition in cold-…

Carbon turnover and microbial activity in an artificial soil under imposed cyclic drainage and imbibition

GJ Pronk, A Mellage, T Milojevic… - Vadose Zone …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… the rare site where the organic matter was collected: KHCO 3 (… could be reactivated by
adding fresh organic substrates. The … suggest that increased OC degradation under the dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Organic matter governs weathering rates and microstructure evolution during early pedogenesis

T Ritschel, M Aehnelt, KU Totsche - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
… and aggregates from clay minerals and freshly precipitated … collected to avoid inclusion of
decomposed topsoil. Litter … by artificial rainwater (ARW) with/without organic matter from a litter …

[HTML][HTML] Plant roots increase both decomposition and stable organic matter formation in boreal forest soil

B Adamczyk, OM Sietiö, P Straková, J Prommer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
… Roots accelerate SOM decomposition compared to the root … In contrast, the artificial treatments
where ingrowth of roots (50 … Briefly, between 1 and 1.5 g of fresh soil was freeze-dried and …

[HTML][HTML] Transformation of organic soils due to artificial drainage and agricultural use in Poland

A Łachacz, B Kalisz, P Sowiński, B Smreczak… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
… The soil classifications [38,39] also take into account the clay … of soil, and accelerates
decomposition of organic matter [51]. … of mainly freshly formed (precipitated) mineral compounds, …

Small straw addition enhances straw decomposition and carbon stabilized in soil aggregates over time

X Ji, J Jiang, Y Wang, G Colinet, W Feng - Soil and Tillage Research, 2024 - Elsevier
clay content, we created artificial soil using two different clay … To assess changes in organic
matter composition of bulk soil … uniformly with 1.5 g of fresh soil to create soil slurry sample. …