Deciphering microbiota functions is crucial to predict ecosystem sustainability in response to
global change. High-throughput sequencing at the individual or community level has …

Soil is a living ecosystem, the health of which depends on fine interactions among its abiotic
and biotic components. These form a delicate equilibrium maintained through a multilayer …

Microbial communities in soils are generally considered to be limited by carbon (C), which
could be a crucial control for basic soil functions and responses of microbial heterotrophic …

Purpose Reclamation of saline-alkali soils to grow cotton (Gossypium spp.) is very common
in the arid Manas River Basin in Northwest China. However, little is known about the …

Background Growing evidence suggests that soil microbes can improve plant fitness under
drought. However, in potato, the world's most important non-cereal crop, the role of the …

Climate warming could destabilise the Earth's largest terrestrial store of reactive carbon (C),
by accelerating the decomposition of soil organic matter. A third of that C store resides in the …

Microplastics affect plants and soil biota and the processes they drive. However, the legacy
effect of microplastics on plant–soil feedbacks is still unknown. To address this, we used soil …

Drought would significantly influence the forest soils through changing the litterfall
production and decomposition process. However, comprehensive in situ studies on drought …

Grassland restoration in abandoned cropland had great impact on soil enzyme
stoichiometry and microbial resource limitation, hence altering carbon (C) sequestration …

Background and aims Wild fruit forests are vital reservoirs of germplasm genetic and
biodiversity. Unfortunately, wild fruit forests of Central Asia are in the decline due to fungal …