Soil carbon sequestration by root exudates

P Panchal, C Preece, J Peñuelas, J Giri - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
Root exudates are well-known 'labile'sources of soil carbon that can prime microbial activity.
Recent investigations suggest that the stability of labile carbon inputs in soil mostly depends …

Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits

ME Craig, KM Geyer, KV Beidler, ER Brzostek… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Conceptual and empirical advances in soil biogeochemistry have challenged long-held
assumptions about the role of soil micro-organisms in soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics; …

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

Changes in plant inputs alter soil carbon and microbial communities in forest ecosystems

J Feng, K He, Q Zhang, M Han, B Zhu - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global changes can alter plant inputs from both above‐and belowground, which, thus, may
differently affect soil carbon and microbial communities. However, the general patterns of …

Long-term manure application increases soil organic matter and aggregation, and alters microbial community structure and keystone taxa

Y Lin, G Ye, Y Kuzyakov, D Liu, J Fan… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbes play pivotal roles in soil organic matter (SOM) turnover: formation and
decomposition. Organic fertilizers play crucial role for SOM accumulation, aggregate …

Priming effects induced by degradable microplastics in agricultural soils

G Zhang, D Liu, J Lin, A Kumar, K Jia, X Tian… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in farmland soils have the potential to cause environmental and human
health risks due to their ubiquitous and persistent nature. Degradable MPs may significantly …

Temperature responses of ecosystem respiration

S Niu, W Chen, LL Liáng, CA Sierra, J Xia… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Terrestrial ecosystems release~ 106–130 PgC yr–1 into the atmosphere through
respiration, counterbalancing photosynthetic carbon uptake and determining the strength of …

Resistant soil carbon is more vulnerable to priming effect than active soil carbon

X Chen, J Lin, P Wang, S Zhang, D Liu, B Zhu - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The newly added exogenous organic matter may change the decomposition rate of native
soil organic matter (SOM) by the priming effect (PE) and further impact the terrestrial carbon …

Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem

X Tao, Z Yang, J Feng, S Jian, Y Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Unravelling biosphere feedback mechanisms is crucial for predicting the impacts of global
warming. Soil priming, an effect of fresh plant-derived carbon (C) on native soil organic …