SOIL COMPACTION AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL PROPERTIES, MICROBIOME, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION AND PLANT ROOT GROWTH by Poonam Bhatt, Prashant Raj Giri, Balchisu Napari

“…Soil compaction jeopardizes the soil microbiome’s role in nutrient cycling and plant productivity, disrupting soil fertility, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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The Effect of Decreasing Temperature on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance in Horse Dung Decomposition Communities of Southeastern Massachusetts by Patrick Kearns, Robert D. Stevenson

“…Detrital communities, while essential to nutrient cycling, are poorly studied. From July 2010 to October 2010, we sampled these arthropod assemblages using pitfall traps baited with horse dung at five sites southeast of Boston, MA. …”
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Molecular identification and distribution of insect larvae in the Lower Danube River by Menabit Selma, Iancu Lavinia, Pavel Ana B., Popa Adrian, Lupascu Naliana, Purcarea Cristina

“…As a major component of freshwater ecosystems, insect species play an important role in nutrient cycling and are often used as bioindicators of water pollution. …”
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Arthropod bioindicators of environmental quality by Márcia Soares Spiller, Claiton Spiller, Juliana Garlet

“…Macrofauna influences important soil chemical and physical processes such as nutrient cycling, structuring and homogenization, and increased productivity, among others. …”
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Antarctic nematodes survival in Martian and Lunar regolith simulants under terrestrial conditions by CESAR R.L. AMARAL, FÁBIO L.V. BONES, ANTONIO CARLOS DE FREITAS, RODRIGO GOLDENBERG-BARBOSA, MAITHÊ G.P. MAGALHÃES, LUCAS M. MOREIRA, DAFNE ANJOS, ANNA DONATO, ANTONIO AMORIM, PAULO E.A.S. CÂMARA

“…Considering their crucial role in soil food webs, and their relation with nutrient cycling and carbon dioxide emissions, the observed capacity of nematodes to thrive in Martian and Lunar regoliths positions them as potential candidates to sustain human habitats, helping on the development of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems, and forming the basis for a biological life-support system to facilitate human survival in extraterrestrial environments.…”
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Divergent responses of plant multi-element coupling to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a meadow steppe by Yang Yang, Meini Jin, Jushan Liu

“…Investigating the stoichiometric ratios and interrelationships of these elements in response to global change is crucial for advancing our understanding of nutrient cycling dynamics in ecosystems. We found that N deposition induced stoichiometric imbalances in Gramineae, leading to a reduction in elemental coupling. …”
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Advancements in soil science for sustainable agriculture: conventional and emerging knowledge and innovations by Godswill Ntsomboh-Ntsefong, Kingsley Tabi Mbi, Essubalew Getachew Seyum

“…In this article, soil biodiversity is emphasized as a significant factor influencing nutrient cycling and ecosystem services. Preserving soil biodiversity is important for maintaining soil fertility and long-term agricultural sustainability. …”
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Rhizosphere engineering for semiarid tropics: prospects and bottlenecks by Anurag Yadav, Kusum Yadav, Rumana Ahmad

“…The foundation of rhizosphere engineering lies in the intricate study of plant–microbe interactions, where soil microorganisms play a pivotal role in nutrient cycling, agricultural waste decomposition, and plant growth stimulation. …”
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Plant Colonization by Biocontrol Bacteria and Improved Plant Health: A Review by Roohallah Saberi Riseh, Fariba Fathi, Mozhgan Gholizadeh Vazvani, Mika Tapio Tarkka

“…The impacts on microbial community dynamics, nutrient cycling, and overall plant health are discussed, emphasizing the intricate relationships between biocontrol bacteria and the plant’s microbiome and the benefits to the plant’s above-ground parts, the biocontrol 40 bacteria confer. …”
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Varying effects of Vicia sativa and Vicia villosa on bacterial composition and enzyme activities in nutrient-deficient sugarcane soils under greenhouse conditions by Emihle Ngonini, María A. Pérez-Fernández, Anathi Magadlela

“…Incorporating Vicia sativa and Vicia villosa as cover crops can improve soil health by enhancing nutrient-cycling enzyme activities and nitrogen (N) contributions while promoting the presence of beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere. …”
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Persistent functional and taxonomic groups dominate an 8,000-year sedimentary sequence from Lake Cadagno, Switzerland by Paula Rodriguez, Jasmine S. Berg, Longhui Deng, Longhui Deng, Hendrik Vogel, Michal Okoniewski, Mark A. Lever, Mark A. Lever, Cara Magnabosco

“…As the conservation of these metabolic pathways through changes in microbial community compositions helps preserve the metabolic pathway connectivity required for nutrient cycling, we hypothesize that the persistence of these functional groups helps enable the Lake Cadagno sedimentary communities persist amidst changing environmental conditions.…”
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Proliferative and viability effects of two cyanophages on freshwater bloom-forming species Microcystis aeruginosa and Raphidiopsis raciborskii vary between strains by Nada Tokodi, Antonia Łobodzińska, Barbara Klimczak, Adam Antosiak, Sara Młynarska, Sigitas Šulčius, Sarit Avrani, Takashi Yoshida, Dariusz Dziga

“…Abstract Viruses that infect cyanobacteria are an integral part of aquatic food webs, influencing nutrient cycling and ecosystem health. However, the significance of virus host range, replication efficiency, and host compatibility on cyanobacterial dynamics, growth, and toxicity remains poorly understood. …”
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Dialysis Pretreatment for Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Analysis in Freshwaters by Qiang Wang, Bin Hua, John Yang, Fengjing Liu, Guocheng Zhu, Baolin Deng

“…Total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), including dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), plays an important role in numerous environmental processes, such as nutrient cycling and lake and estuary eutrophication. The impact of DIN on environmental processes has been extensively studied. …”
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Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in the Wof-Washa Natural State Forest, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Abere Wondimu Kassie, Admasu Moges, Tilahun Alelign, Gojam Bayeh

“…The study revealed that the WWNSF provides crucial provisioning services (timber, honey, water, and firewood), regulating services (soil erosion control and climate change mitigation), and supporting services (soil formation and nutrient cycling). The forest’s annual contribution to sampled households averaged $1152.30, with regulating and cultural services valued at $14,112 and $622.00, respectively. …”
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Soils and Fertilizers for Master Gardeners: Soil Physical Characteristics by Amy L. Shober, Alexander Joseph Reisinger, Mary G. Lusk, Sally Ann Scalera

“… Soils are a foundational component of the landscape, providing a medium for plant root growth and playing a crucial role in nutrient cycling and water movement across the landscape. …”
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Destabilization of mutualistic interactions shapes the early heat stress response of the coral holobiont by Emma Marangon, Nils Rädecker, Joan Y. Q. Li, Marko Terzin, Patrick Buerger, Nicole S. Webster, David G. Bourne, Patrick W. Laffy

“…We postulate the altered nutrient cycling also affected the coral-associated microbial community, with the relative abundance of Endozoicomonas bacteria declining under increasing heat stress. …”
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Soils and Fertilizers for Master Gardeners: Soil Physical Characteristics by Amy L. Shober, Alexander Joseph Reisinger, Mary G. Lusk, Sally Ann Scalera

“… Soils are a foundational component of the landscape, providing a medium for plant root growth and playing a crucial role in nutrient cycling and water movement across the landscape. …”
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Selective cultivation of bacterial strains with lipolytic and hydrocarbon-oxidizing activity from bottom sediments of the Ob River, Western Siberia by A. I. Gerasimchuk, D. A. Ivasenko, A. A. Kasymova, Yu. A. Frank

“…Microorganisms are essential for energy conversion, biogeochemical nutrient cycling, pollutant degradation, and biotransformation of organic matter; therefore, bottom sediments can be a source of metabolically diverse microorganisms, including those with promise for industrial biotechnologies. …”
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Soil and Water Conservation Nexus Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia by Wudu Abiye

“…In soil and water conservation, this practice is higher than others because crops and leguminous woody perennials improve and enrich soil conditions through atmospheric nitrogen fixation, organic matter through litterfall and dead and decaying roots, nutrient cycles, modification of soil porosity, and contribution to infiltration rates. …”
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Gneiss and steatite vermicomposted with organic residues: release of nutrients and heavy metals by Maria Eunice Paula de Souza, Irene Maria Cardoso, André Mundstock Xavier de Carvalho, Andreia Paiva Lopes, Ivo Jucksch

“…Abstract Purpose Use of silicate rock powders as fertilizer improves nutrient cycling, thus benefitting agriculture. The availability of nutrients to plants is often low, but can be increased when rock powder is vermicomposted and added. …”
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