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{"title":"Planting Chinese milk vetch with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria inoculation enhances phosphorus turnover by altering the structure of the phoD-harboring bacteria community","authors":"Danna Chang ,&nbsp;Yarong Song ,&nbsp;Hai Liang ,&nbsp;Rui Liu ,&nbsp;Cheng Cai ,&nbsp;Shuailei Lv ,&nbsp;Yulin Liao ,&nbsp;Jun Nie ,&nbsp;Tingyu Duan ,&nbsp;Weidong Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103678","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103678","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aimed to reveal how planting Chinese milk vetch (CMV) as green manure in combination with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria-based biofertilizer can enhance phosphorus (P) utilization in CMV-rice crop rotations. The pot experiment included two factors: the presence of <em>Acinetobacter calcoaceticus</em> (<em>ACC</em>) inoculation, and the variety of CMV (six varieties), resulting in 12 treatments. The experiment lasted for 190 d and soil and plants were analyzed thereafter. <em>ACC</em> inoculation increased the average shoot dry weight by 37.1 % and P uptake by 73.9 % of CMV, and increased the average content of soil labile P by 9.2 %; decreased the average content of moderately labile P by 6.9 % and stable P by 5.4 %, compared to control. <em>ACC</em> inoculation increased the average concentrations of acetic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase. Structural equation model showed that organic acid and phosphatase correlated with soil labile and moderately labile P pools. The average abundance and diversity of the alkaline phosphatase gene (<em>phoD</em>) and the proportion of dominant species in the mineralization of organic P (<em>Streptomycetaceae</em>) increased under <em>ACC</em> inoculation. Thus, planting CMV with <em>ACC</em> inoculation increased the average concentrations of organic acid and alkaline phosphatase, activating insoluble inorganic P and organic P. However, their combination enhanced the average abundance and altered the structure of the <em>phoD</em>-harboring bacteria community, which in turn promoted organic P mineralization. Planting Chinese milk vetch with <em>Acinetobacter calcoaceticus</em> inoculation can effectively utilize P in paddy soil, which can enhance P availability for subsequent rice crops.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 103678"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142242167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of biochar addition on earthworm enhanced N2O emission","authors":"Yupeng Wu ,&nbsp;Yanbin Jiang ,&nbsp;Hong Di ,&nbsp;Juan Liu ,&nbsp;Yaoxiong Lu ,&nbsp;Muhammad Shaaban","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103679","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103679","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The application of biochar has been shown to suppress soil nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions. Earthworms, a key component of soil fauna, are known to increase N₂O production. While existing research has focused mainly on soil physicochemical management and microbial interactions, limited attention has been paid to how biochar interacts with soil fauna in relation to N₂O emissions. To investigate this, an incubation experiment was conducted to analyze how various biochars, including corn straw (CS), rice straw (RS), wheat straw (WS), nutshell (NS), wood chip (WC), rice husk (RH), apricot shell (AS), and peach shell (PS) biochar, affect earthworm (<em>Amynthas cortices</em>) enhanced N₂O emissions. Biochar addition reduced earthworm enhanced N₂O production and decreased the cumulative earthworm burrowing length compared to control. Rice straw biochar was the most effective, releasing the lowest earthworm enhanced N₂O emission at 73 μg kg⁻¹ soil and having the shortest cumulative burrowing length at 48.6 cm, whereas wood chip biochar had the least impact, with earthworm enhanced N₂O reaching 307 μg kg⁻¹ soil. The drilosphere influenced by earthworms' activity demonstrated increased pH, C/N ratio, mineral nitrogen (MN), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) compared to the bulk soil, though the extent of these changes varied with the type of biochar applied. The biochar addition altered the micro-environment within the earthworm gut, including O₂ concentration and pH levels, thereby affecting the N₂O related microbial community in the drilosphere. This was evidenced by changes in the ratio of <em>nirK</em> + <em>nirS</em> to <em>nosZ</em> genes and the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria gene copies. Hierarchical partitioning analysis revealed that the biochar's properties primarily influenced earthworm burrowing activity, the dominant factor affecting earthworm enhanced N₂O emissions, followed by MN, DOC, and MBC content in the drilosphere. The impact of gut-derived microbes on N₂O emissions was comparatively insignificant. These findings highlight that biochar amendment can mitigate earthworm induced N₂O emissions, primarily by modifying earthworm activity, which is strongly influenced by the biochar's physicochemical characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 103679"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142232756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addition of polyester microplastic fibers to soil alters the diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and affects plant growth and nutrition","authors":"Eric Kanold ,&nbsp;Serra-Willow Buchanan ,&nbsp;Micaela Tosi ,&nbsp;Catherine Fahey ,&nbsp;Kari E. Dunfield ,&nbsp;Pedro M. Antunes","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103666","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103666","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Microplastics (MPs) represent an emerging factor in global environmental change and are increasingly found in soils. However, the extent to which they affect plants and their interactions with the soil microbiome is poorly understood. Here, we test the hypothesis that increasing levels of polyester MP fibers in soil alter plant growth and nutrient acquisition responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi via changes in AM fungal colonization and community composition. We used <em>Sorghum drummondii</em> as a model species in a fully factorial greenhouse experiment. Plants were exposed to soil treatments with 0, 0.2, 1, and 3 % MP polyester fibers either in the presence or absence of an assembled AM fungal community comprising 13 species across three families with contrasting life-history strategies. We found that the 1 % MP treatment promoted plant biomass irrespective of the presence of AM fungi. While no changes in macronutrient concentrations in plant tissues were seen, there was a significant increase in B and Mn when relatively low amounts of MPs were added, and this effect was modulated by AM fungi. Furthermore, there were shifts in AM fungal community composition in response to MP, favoring taxa such as <em>Gigaspora</em> sp. while negatively affecting ruderal taxa like <em>Glomus</em> sp. Overall, our data indicate that MP polyester fibers present in soil can in some cases be beneficial to plants and AM fungal interactions. However, the implications of these findings over the long-term and in the context of ecological repercussions of MP pollution in the environment remain to be seen.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103666"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164556324000724/pdfft?md5=d93846d336339efabf2af405cf396758&pid=1-s2.0-S1164556324000724-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142088972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods is significantly influenced by land use systems with tree cover in semiarid conditions","authors":"Neilson Rocha da Silva ,&nbsp;Jamili Silva Fialho ,&nbsp;Anacláudia Alves Primo ,&nbsp;José Ferreira Lustosa Filho ,&nbsp;Carla Ferreira Rezende ,&nbsp;Mônica Matoso Campanha ,&nbsp;Vanessa Maria de Souza Barros ,&nbsp;Teogenes Senna de Oliveira","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103667","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103667","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Seasonal changes in vegetation and climate exert significant influences on soil fauna in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Additionally, evidence indicates that interactions between different plant layers promote soil fauna diversity through the variety of resources available. The objective was to assess the edaphic fauna in traditional land use systems, agroforestry systems and natural vegetation, under the influence of rainfall seasonality and plant strata in the semiarid region of Brazil. For this purpose, six types of land use were selected: agroforestry; silvopastoral; slash and burn with intensive use without fallow; slash and burn with six years of fallow; slash and burn with nine years of fallow; and a system representing the natural vegetation of the Caatinga. Edaphic fauna was collected using pitfall traps in the dry and rainy seasons. A total of 43,363 individuals of the edaphic fauna were collected and grouped into taxa, determining abundance, diversity and functional groups. The results revealed higher abundance and diversity of edaphic fauna in the rainy season across all land use systems, but significantly higher numbers in systems with tree strata. The greater the abundance, richness and diversity of trees, the higher the diversity of edaphic fauna (Shannon Index - H: 0.7 &lt; ‾H &lt; 1) for the seasonal effect. Agroforestry systems were intermediate in the diversity of edaphic fauna (‾H &lt; 0.8) compared to other systems. Systems with greater heterogeneity in tree and herbaceous strata were the ones that most increased the diversity and activity of functional groups of edaphic fauna (H &lt; 0.8; 0.5 &lt; r &lt; 0.9). In semiarid conditions, more attention should be given to agricultural production systems with greater tree diversity and interaction between tree and herbaceous strata to conserve the biodiversity of edaphic fauna and improve the soil health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103667"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142083918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of substrate concentration on the methane-driven interaction network","authors":"Tanja Heffner ,&nbsp;Lucas W. Mendes ,&nbsp;Thomas Kaupper ,&nbsp;Daria Frohloff ,&nbsp;Marcus A. Horn ,&nbsp;Adrian Ho","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103665","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103665","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Methane, the primary substrate for aerobic methanotrophs, regulates the rate of methanotrophic activity and shapes the composition of the methane-oxidizing community. Given that methane-derived carbon may fuel the food web in the soil, methane availability can potentially be a key determinant, structuring the network of the interacting methane-oxidizing community. Here, we determined the response of the methane-driven interaction network to different methane concentrations (∼1.5 %_v/v, 3 %_v/v, and 7 %_v/v), indicative of different levels of energy flow through the soil food web, using a stable isotope probing approach with ¹³C-methane coupled to a co-occurrence network analysis in a microcosm study. The accumulated ¹³C-atom fraction in the total carbon content increased from 1.08 % (background level) to an average of 7.2 % in the incubation under 7 %_v/v methane, indicating that the carbon-flow <em>via</em> the methanotrophs can significantly contribute to the total carbon in the rice paddy soil. The ¹³C-enriched 16 S rRNA gene sequencing analysis revealed the predominance of gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs and <em>Methylocystis</em>. The composition of the actively growing (¹³C-labelled) bacterial community was dissimilar in the incubation under ∼3 %_v/v than under 1.5 %_v/v and 7 %_v/v methane. This was also reflected in the co-occurrence network analysis, where the topological properties indicated a more complex and connected network in the incubation under 3 %_v/v methane. It thus appears that moderate methane concentrations fostered closer associations among members of the methane-oxidizing community. Overall, our research findings showed that the methanotrophs can contribute to the total soil carbon, and methane concentrations not only shifted the bacterial community, including the methanotrophic composition, but also affected bacterial interactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103665"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164556324000712/pdfft?md5=1f2ea5a2bcdefe2e24e37d93fb2beb0e&pid=1-s2.0-S1164556324000712-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142083919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decomposer faecal food web and C sequestration in soil. Can near infrared spectroscopy describe transfers and transformations from fresh organic inputs to protected forms in soil aggregates?","authors":"Maria Camila Buitrago,&nbsp;Amauri Garcia,&nbsp;Patrick Lavelle,&nbsp;Elena Velásquez","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103663","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103663","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This study sought to characterize the transfer of agricultural organic inputs by macrofauna to the biogenic aggregate compartments of the soil and test the existence of a faecal food web process based on coprophagic feeding behaviours. In an experimental plantain crop field of Colombia, we applied the agroecological FBO (Fertilisation Bio Organique ®) technology, a nucleation technique which consists in planting perennial plants in 1.0 x 0.4 × 0.4 m deep trenches where low- and high-quality organic materials are added in a specific design, and endogeic earthworms are inoculated. We evaluated the effectiveness of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to track this flow of organic matter through different natural stages of decomposition represented by soil macroaggregates produced by soil macroinvertebrates as faecal pellets and casts. After one year, great part of the organic inputs had been either mineralized or incorporated into macroaggregates of different sizes and origins. Using NIRS and physicochemical laboratory analyses, we assessed the quality and quantity of organic matter in the different types of aggregates separated manually according to their origin: large biogenic aggregates (LBA), medium sized biogenic aggregates (MBA) and small biogenic aggregates (SBA); physical aggregates (PA), root aggregates (RA) and residual soil (RS).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Earlier studies had shown that these structures were presumably formed by the activity of macroinvertebrates of three different functional groups, Diplopoda and Isopoda litter transformers for SBA, epidendogeic earthworms for MBA and mesohumic endogeic earthworms for LBA, organized in a feeding succession.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Coinertia analysis between showed significant covariation among the two sets of physico chemical (22 variables) and NIR spectral (100 different wavelength absorbances) characterization of 135 samples representative of the three classes of biogenic macroaggregates, physical aggregates and residual non macroaggregated soil, (RV = 0.55; p &lt; 0.001). This analysis clearly separated biogenic structures and ranked them according to their size, from small SBA to medium sized MBA and large LBA. Physical PA aggregates and RS residual soil were projected close to the LBAs in the coinertia factorial plan. Multiple combinatorial data analysis CDA, associated 5 specific wavelength absorbance ranges with aggregate types and residual soil. Along the sequence from small to large biogenic aggregates, residual soil and physical aggregates, wavelengths associated to easily decomposed substrates (in ranges 1708–1716 nm; 1796–1948 and 2164–2316 nm) had progressively decreasing absorbances. Substrates associated to slowly decomposing aromatic, alkane and phenolic substrates either increased (1420–1436) or decreased (1284–1380) along this sequence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These results are compatible with the hypothesis of a progressive transformation and transfer of organic residues first into small biogenic aggregates that are ","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103663"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142075877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The use of olive mill pomace compost increases the population of certain ground/soil organisms in olive groves","authors":"José E. González-Zamora,&nbsp;José M. Gamero-Monge,&nbsp;Rosa Pérez-de la Luz","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103668","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103668","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Olive is one of the largest crops in Spain, primarily for oil extraction from drupes. This process produces a by-product called ‘alperujo’, which can be composted and used as fertilizer. This study investigated the impact of ‘alperujo’ compost on ground/soil invertebrate inhabitants compared to mineral fertilization in two groves with different crop management types (superintensive and traditional) during 2021 and 2022. Anystidae/Erythraeidae (Acari; Trombidiformes) and Acari (Other) were more abundant in the compost treatment in both groves, but significant only in the superintensive grove. Some other ground/soil inhabitants, such as Anthicidae (Coleoptera), Araneae, and Gastropoda were generally more present in the compost treatment of the superintensive grove. No significant effect of fertiliser treatment was observed for other ground/soil organisms. Future studies with more replicas and over a longer period of time should be performed to confirm these results, but they can be considered of interest to push forward the implementation of ‘alperujo’ compost in the olive fertilization, favouring a circular economy and a sustainable agriculture.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103668"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164556324000748/pdfft?md5=2bec1059301fc55f3a7c9b0072e6ff4f&pid=1-s2.0-S1164556324000748-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142083920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A meta-analysis to compare the sensitivities of earthworms and enchytraeids to different stressors","authors":"Cécile Serbource ,&nbsp;Lucas Petit-Dit-Grezeriat ,&nbsp;Céline Pelosi","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103656","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103656","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Earthworms and enchytraeids are soil organisms involved in key soil functions, such as organic matter turnover and soil structure, at different scales. In natural soils, these organisms are exposed and sensitive to different abiotic factors (e.g., climate, land use and management) and are often used as bioindicators of human disturbances, particularly chemical stress. However, the sensitivity of these two groups of Oligochaeta (Annelida) to different stressors has never been compared. Using data from 49 publications and 330 observations, we performed a meta-analysis to compare the sensitivities of earthworms and enchytraeids to all kinds of stressors under similar test conditions. Earthworms and enchytraeids were found to be equally sensitive to chemical stressors (mean effect size −0.61 [-2.53; 1.30]) regardless of the studied endpoint (mortality or reproduction). Most of the observations dealt with the effects of pesticides (42 %) and heavy metals (40 %) on both organisms. No difference in sensitivity was revealed when these two stressors were considered separately. Regarding the two most studied species of enchytraeids and earthworms, the mean effect sizes of all the possible combinations of <em>Eisenia fetida</em> (41 % of the studies) or <em>Eisenia andrei</em> (48 %) or <em>Enchytraeus crypticus</em> (73 % of the studies) or <em>Enchytraeus albidus</em> (27 %) did not reveal any differences in sensitivity. This study also highlights the lack of studies on environmentally relevant (i.e., representative of natural soils) enchytraeid and earthworm species. We also revealed that mostly ecotoxicologists have compared the sensitivities of these two key soil organisms when they are exposed to and threatened by other important factors, such as agricultural practices and climate change.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103656"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142076166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mulching drive changes in soil microbial community assembly processes and networks across aggregate fractions","authors":"Yang Liu ,&nbsp;Caidi Yang ,&nbsp;Xin Fu ,&nbsp;Fazhu Zhao ,&nbsp;Jun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103664","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103664","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soil microbial community assembly processes and networks in croplands have been widely explored; however, their dynamics and how they regulate winter wheat yield across distinct soil aggregate fractions under the combined effects of mulching and soil horizons have not been comprehensively understood. Therefore, based on a 9-y field experiment, the responses of soil bacterial and fungal community assembly processes and interkingdom association networks to mulching were specifically investigated at the soil aggregation level. Soil properties and microbial biomass were separated into distinct mulching in the topsoil (0–10 cm), and soil water content was considered the most critical factor. The soil bacterial community was affected mainly by mulching and soil horizon compared with the fungal community in microaggregates (&lt;0.25 mm). Notably, the bacterial community displayed more robust stochastic processes than the fungal one, and microbial interkingdom association networks were more complex and stable in micro-than macroaggregates. Soil potential carbon mineralization, pH, and total nitrogen were the dominant properties regulating winter wheat grain yield in combination with microbial community composition, assembly processes, and networks in each soil aggregate class. Wheat yield decreased under straw mulching and was mainly regulated by bacterial community composition and assembly processes. Thus, this study enhanced our understanding of the regulations for wheat yield, which could facilitate soil microbial community management at the aggregation level for sustainable crop production in mulching conservation agroecosystems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103664"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142048080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of agricultural practices on earthworm communities in Estonia","authors":"Merit Sutri ,&nbsp;Mari Ivask ,&nbsp;Annely Kuu ,&nbsp;Jordi Escuer-Gatius ,&nbsp;Endla Reintam ,&nbsp;Merrit Shanskiy","doi":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103662","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103662","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Earthworms support and mediate the provision of many processes in the soil. They are therefore important in maintaining soil functioning and contribute towards the sustainability of soil management systems. Assessment of earthworm communities can provide answers regarding the land management conservation efforts and insight on soil quality. The main aim of this study was to assess the impact of farming (organic vs conventional) and tillage (no-tillage vs minimum tillage vs conventional tillage) systems on earthworm communities under varying soil conditions in arable fields across Estonia. To achieve this, we compiled data from studies carried out over a period of 21 years on Estonian arable fields. While organic farming and conventional farming showed a similar earthworm abundance, earthworm diversity was significantly higher (p &lt; 0.05) under the organic system. Higher abundance, species richness, and the proportion of anecic species suggest that a no-tillage system creates the most favourable habitat conditions for earthworms. Soil texture further influenced the effect of management system on earthworm abundance and diversity indexes. For example, the differences in earthworm abundance and diversity between the management systems increased from lighter textured to heavier textured soils. Our results suggest that soil texture is a major factor influencing earthworm communities in Estonian agricultural fields and emphasizes the importance of including different soil texture classes when assessing the effects of agricultural management practices in field-scale studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12057,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Soil Biology","volume":"122 ","pages":"Article 103662"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142006506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}