Microbial biostimulants as response to modern agriculture needs: Composition, role and application of these innovative products

AM Castiglione, G Mannino, V Contartese, CM Bertea… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
An increasing need for a more sustainable agriculturally-productive system is required in
order to preserve soil fertility and reduce soil biodiversity loss. Microbial biostimulants are …

Environmental microbiome engineering for the mitigation of climate change

MR Silverstein, D Segrè… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental microbiome engineering is emerging as a potential avenue for climate
change mitigation. In this process, microbial inocula are introduced to natural microbial …

Meta-analysis of the impacts of global change factors on soil microbial diversity and functionality

Z Zhou, C Wang, Y Luo - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Biodiversity on the Earth is changing at an unprecedented rate due to a variety of global
change factors (GCFs). However, the effects of GCFs on microbial diversity is unclear …

Loss of microbial diversity weakens specific soil functions, but increases soil ecosystem stability

X Yang, J Cheng, AE Franks, X Huang, Q Yang… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The importance of microbial community diversity for soil functioning is still debated. Here, we
used a dilution approach (undiluted, and 10− 4, 10− 8 and 10− 12) and supplementation of …

High microbial diversity stabilizes the responses of soil organic carbon decomposition to warming in the subsoil on the Tibetan Plateau

M Xu, X Li, TW Kuyper, M Xu, X Li… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbes are directly involved in soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition, yet the
importance of microbial biodiversity in regulating the temperature sensitivity of SOC …

Effects of carbon cloth on anaerobic digestion of high concentration organic wastewater under various mixing conditions

D Feng, A Xia, Y Huang, X Zhu, X Zhu, Q Liao - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been considered an energy efficient strategy in treating high
concentration organic wastewater rich in volatile fatty acids (VFAs). Continuous stirred tank …

Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands

M Berdugo, B Vidiella, RV Solé… - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With ongoing climate change, the probability of crossing environmental thresholds
promoting abrupt changes in ecosystem structure and functioning is higher than ever. In …

Conversion of steppe to cropland increases spatial heterogeneity of soil functional genes

J Liu, Y Guo, H Gu, Z Liu, X Hu, Z Yu, Y Li, L Li… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The microbiome function responses to land use change are important for the long-term
prediction and management of soil ecological functions under human influence. However, it …

Organic amendment regulates soil microbial biomass and activity in wheat-maize and wheat-soybean rotation systems

D Song, X Dai, T Guo, J Cui, W Zhou, S Huang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term heavy application of inorganic fertilizers is associated with a decrease in soil
quality and biodiversity. Organic amendments have been reported to positively affect soil …

Nutrient-induced acidification modulates soil biodiversity-function relationships

Z Hu, M Delgado-Baquerizo, N Fanin, X Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nutrient enrichment is a major global change component that often disrupts the relationship
between aboveground biodiversity and ecosystem functions by promoting species …