Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

Many Fungi have a well-developed secondary metabolism. The diversity of fungal species
and the diversification of biosynthetic gene clusters underscores a nearly limitless potential …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

Over the previous two decades, a diverse array of geochemical negative emissions
technologies (NETs) have been proposed, which use alkaline minerals for removing and …

Macrofungi are vital components of any forest ecosystem, performing different roles crucial
to ecosystem functioning. Macrofungi play effective roles in ecosystem processes such as …

Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …

Plant nutrients can be recycled through microbial decomposition of organic matter but
replacement of base cations and phosphorus, lost through harvesting of biomass/biofuels or …

Oxalic acid is the most ubiquitous and common low molecular weight organic acid produced
by living organisms. Oxalic acid is produced by fungi, bacteria, plants, and animals. The aim …

Soil is the central interface of Earth's critical zone—the planetary surface layer extending
from unaltered bedrock to the vegetation canopy—and is under intense pressure from …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF) are involved in soil nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems.
These fungi can promote the uptake of nutrients (eg, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)) and …