Background Soil salinization threatens food security and ecosystem health, and is one of the
important drivers to the degradation of many ecosystems around the world. Soil …

Minerals and organic matter (OM) may form intricate associations via myriad interactions. In
soils, the associations of OM with mineral surfaces are mainly investigated because of their …

Soils play an essential role in the global cycling of carbon and understanding the
stabilisation mechanisms behind the preservation of soil organic carbon (SOC) pools is of …

This review focuses on some important and challenging aspects of soil extracellular enzyme
research. We report on recent discoveries, identify key research needs and highlight the …

Pyrogenic carbon (biochar) amendment is increasingly discussed as a method to increase
soil fertility while sequestering atmospheric carbon (C). However, both increased and …

This article reviews and updates data on macro and trace elements and radionuclides in
edible wild-grown and cultivated mushrooms. A huge biodiversity of mushrooms and spread …

The tentative connection between the biochar surface chemical properties and their
influence on microbially mediated mineralization of C, N, and S with the help of enzymes is …

Biochar amendments to soils have been suggested as a strategy to sequester carbon and
therefore mitigate global climate change. The enrichment of soils with charred materials also …

In recent years, experimental and theoretical methods have provided new insights into the
size, shape, reactivity, and stability of clay minerals. Although diverse and complex, the …

This chapter presents the functions and ecology of enzymes involved in decomposition to
provide context and assistance for interpreting enzyme assay outcomes involved in …