Soil types differ in the temporal response of the priming effect to nitrogen addition: a study on microbial mechanisms

Y Zheng, X Wang, HL Hayden, A Franks… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2023 - Springer
Understanding how nitrogen (N) fertilisation influences the priming effect (PE) in soils is
imperative to predict the carbon loss and subsequent impact on climate. Three contrasting …

The priming effect dynamics are driven by microbial activation and growth and constrained by the relative availability of input C and soil N

F Zhang, X Chen, Q Wang, Y Zhang, S Yao… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2022 - Springer
Fresh organic inputs can prime the decomposition of native soil organic matter (SOM) and
the release of soil mineral N, yet it remains unclear whether and how soil mineral N change …

Microbes changed their carbon use strategy to regulate the priming effect in an 11-year nitrogen addition experiment in grassland

K Zhang, Y Ni, X Liu, H Chu - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen availability is a key factor that regulates soil priming (the strong short-term changes
in microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon after addition of fresh carbon resources); …

Different responses of priming effects in long-term nitrogen-and phosphorus-fertilized soils to exogenous carbon inputs

W Qin, J Feng, Q Zhang, X Yuan, F Ren, H Zhou, B Zhu - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Background and aims Long-term nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization could
immensely alter plant-soil-microbial properties, thereby impacting the priming effect (PE) …

The soil priming effect: Consistent across ecosystems, elusive mechanisms

XJA Liu, BK Finley, RL Mau, E Schwartz… - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic matter input to soils can accelerate the decomposition of native soil carbon (C), a
process called the priming effect. Priming is ubiquitous and exhibits some consistent …

Increasing nitrogen availability does not decrease the priming effect on soil organic matter under pulse glucose and single nitrogen addition in woodland topsoil

Y Zheng, J Jin, X Wang, GJ Clark, C Tang - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) availability has been suggested to affect the mineralization of soil organic
carbon (C). However, it remains unclear how N supply affects the decomposition of native …

Nitrogen and phosphorus addition mediate soil priming effects via affecting microbial stoichiometric balance in an alpine meadow

W Qin, J Feng, Q Zhang, X Yuan, H Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Priming effect (PE) plays a crucial role in regulating the decomposition of soil organic matter
(SOM). Multiple empirical results have shown that nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) addition …

Disentangling the effect of nitrogen supply on the priming of soil organic matter: A critical review

Y Zheng, J Jin, X Wang, PM Kopittke… - CritiCal reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The addition of fresh substrates can alter the decomposition of the native soil organic matter,
referred to as the priming effect (PE). It is a crucial process within the cycling of soil organic …

Nitrogen addition stimulates priming effect in a subtropical forest soil

Q Zhang, L Cheng, J Feng, K Mei, Q Zeng, B Zhu… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The priming effect (PE) induced by fresh carbon inputs generally stimulates soil organic
matter (SOM) mineralization. However, the magnitude of the PE will vary according to the …

Global patterns and associated drivers of priming effect in response to nutrient addition

J Feng, B Zhu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Priming effect (PE) induced by inputs of fresh carbon plays crucial roles in soil organic
matter decomposition and terrestrial carbon cycling. Priming effect is considered to be …