Above-and belowground linkages during extreme moisture excess: leveraging knowledge from natural ecosystems to better understand implications for row-crop …

CD Sprunger, A Lindsey… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Above-and belowground linkages are responsible for some of the most important ecosystem
processes in unmanaged terrestrial systems including net primary production …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic changes of soil nematodes between bulk and rhizosphere soils in the maize (Zea mays L.)/alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) intercropping system

A Teshita, W Khan, KF Alabbosh, A Ullah, A Khan… - Plant Stress, 2024 - Elsevier
The importance of habitat spatial variability as a key driver of soil biota patterning (eg, soil
nematodes) has lately gained a lot of attention. It is generally accepted that rhizosphere soil …

Advancements in assessing soil health through functional traits and energy flow analysis of soil nematodes

J Zhang, S Li, E Morriën, NB McLaughlin, S Zhang - Soil Ecology Letters, 2024 - Springer
We examined the development of soil nematodes ecological indices from the perspective of
functional traits. We found that soil nematode energy flow analyses based on multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in Soil Nematode and Microbial Community in Cucumber Root-Zone Soil Shaped by Intercropping with Amaranth

X Zhang, M Song, J Li, X Liu, L Gao, Y Tian - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Intercropping systems often contribute to soil health management including inhibiting root-
knot nematode disease. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the potential …

Aggregate composition directly affects the characteristics of soil microbial and nematode communities in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations

Z Liao, S Ye, S Wang - Land Degradation & Development, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining soil biological diversity is an effective approach in facilitating Chinese fir
plantations' sustainable development. However, dynamic characteristics of soil microbial …

[HTML][HTML] Flooding soil with biogas slurry suppresses root-knot nematodes and alters soil nematode communities

Y Li, B Liu, J Li, G Zou, J Xu, L Du, Q Lang, X Zhao… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) pose a serious threat to crop production. Flooding soil with
biogas slurry, combined with soil heating before crop planting, has the potential for RKN …

Farm‐level variability in soil biological health indicators in Michigan is dependent on management and soil properties

B Agyei, CD Sprunger, E Anderson… - Soil Science Society …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil biology is vital for maintaining productivity, enhancing soil health, and creating resilient
agroecosystems. However, many questions remain on how microbial communities are …

“More questions than answers”: Ohio farmers' perceptions of novel soil health data and their utility for on-farm management

P Singh, NC Kawa, CD Sprunger - Agroecology and Sustainable …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Soil health has become an emergent focus of contemporary agricultural research, yet little
work has addressed how soil health data–and biological indicators in particular–are …

松嫩平原异质生境对土壤线虫群落特征的影响

杨舒涵, 伍一宁, 王贺, 陈磊, 廖蓥飞, 严光… - 生物多样 …, 2024 - biodiversity-science.net
湿地是世界上最具有生产力的生态系统类型之一, 对全球气候变化具有重要的缓冲作用.
生境异质性直接或间接地促进土壤食物网的多样性, 植被特征可以显著影响土壤生物群落的结构 …

[引用][C] An integrated approach to assessing soil biological health

CD Sprunger, TK Martin - 2023 - Elsevier