Rice Cultivation Duration Drives Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization in Saline–Alkaline Paddy Soils via Mineral-Associated Organic Carbon Accumulation and Biological Pathways

Wastewater Irrigation Drives Depth‐dependent Microbial Functions and Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Peri‐urban Agricultural Soils

Integrated Soil–Crop System Management Promotes Microbial Necromass and Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Black Soil Through Microbial Transformation and Aggregate Protection

Long-term intensive cultivation has degraded soil structure and reduced soil organic carbon (SOC) retention in the black soils of Northeast China. However, the processes underlying SOC accumulation under integrated soil–crop system management (ISSM) remain poorly understood. An 11-year field experiment compared farmers...

Precipitation Gradients Regulate Soil Carbon Stabilization Mediated by Microbes in an Arid Region of China

Desert ecosystems are important components of the terrestrial carbon cycle, yet the mechanisms by which altered precipitation regulates soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization remain poorly understood. We evaluated long-term responses to precipitation manipulation in a desert shrub ecosystem in northwestern China. The...

Long-Term Combined Organic and Mineral Fertilization Modulates Aggregate-Associated Organic Carbon Pool and Improves Carbon Sequestration in Aeolian Sandy Soils

Aeolian sandy soils are typically characterized by low organic matter content and loose structural stability, which severely restrict soil carbon sequestration capacity and farmland productivity. Soil aggregates are the primary carriers and protective barrier for soil organic carbon (SOC), dominating the processes of S...

Potential mechanistic shifts in carbonaceous greenhouse gas dynamics and mitigation implications in ameliorated saline-alkali paddy fields.

Ecological restoration of soda saline-alkali soils is critical for synergizing food security with climate change mitigation; however, the coupling mechanisms between soil carbon cycling and carbonaceous greenhouse gas dynamics during amelioration remain obscure. This study conducted a field experiment in the soda salin...

Irrigation regime modulates the effects of organic amendments on soil quality and microbial carbon-degrading gene composition in saline-alkali soils.

Soil salinization severely constrains agricultural productivity, highlighting the need to understand how irrigation regimes and organic amendment types jointly influence soil quality in salt-affected agroecosystems. However, their interactive effects on microbial communities and carbon-degradation-related functional po...