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Decomponology: A board game for understanding soil carbon dynamics

Natural Sciences Education, Volume 55, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Soils sustain life and regulate global carbon cycling, yet the processes governing soil organic matter dynamics are inherently complex, involving multiple pathways and positive and negative feedbacks. Traditional concepts such as humus often portrayed soil carbon as a static pool whose persistence was attributed largely to the inherent ...
Priscila Pinto, Bruno Bazzoni, Paula Berenstecher, Cecilia Casas, Ximena López Zieher, M. Soledad Méndez, Marina Omacini, Gervasio Piñeiro, Lucía Vivanco, Laura Yahdjian, Maria‐Victoria Piazza   +10 more
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Transgenic Mixed‐Linkage‐Glucan Enhancement Affects Root Characteristics and Decomposition in Soils of Contrasting Vegetation History

GCB Bioenergy, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2026.
Incubations with fine and coarse roots of transgenic and wild type bioenergy sorghum showed that transgenic roots had higher content of mixed‐linkage glucan and resulted in greater soil microbial biomass than the roots of the vector control plants.
Majid Mahmoodabadi, Sang‐Jin Kim, Poulamee Chakraborty, Andrey Guber, Alexandra Kravchenko, Federica Brandizzi   +5 more
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Two decades of no tillage divergently accumulate plant lignin and microbial necromass in the top and sublayers

The extent to which long−term no tillage alters the quantity and sources of soil organic matter (SOM) in the soil profiles remains elusive. Here, using a two-biomarker approach (i.e., lignin phenols and amino sugars), we quantified the origins of SOM ...
Zhang, Jizong, Jin, Xiaoying, Ma, Lixiao, Li, Huibin, Wang, Lihong, Fang, Yunying, Zhang, Lifeng, Du, Zhangliu, Wang, Xiao, Liu, Yuhua, Duan, Xiaoyang   +10 more
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Ectomycorrhizal Cortinariaceae species dominate class II peroxidase gene expression in a boreal forest soil

New Phytologist, Volume 252, Issue 1, Page 400-413, October 2026.
Share of transcripts and ITS2 sequence for each gene families among identified fungal contigs and OTUs. Summary Boreal forest ecosystems constitute a large terrestrial reservoir of carbon. In these nitrogen‐limited environments, release of nutrients through decomposition of soil organic matter is of fundamental importance.
Florian Barbi, Uwe Menzel, Domenico Simone, Tuula Niskanen, Björn D. Lindahl   +4 more
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Fungal necromass contributes more to soil organic carbon and more sensitive to land use intensity than bacterial necromass [PDF]

, 2022
Increasing evidence shows that microbial necromass carbon is the primary constituent of soil stable carbon, yet the dynamics under different land use intensity (LUI) in arable soils are unknown.
J Zhang (7490018), X Wang (1378959), T Li (8134317), IP Hartley (21406478), Y Zhang (5998940)   +4 more
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High Tree Species Diversity Promotes Thermal Enhancement Response of Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 53, 24 September 2026.
ABSTRACT Predicting soil carbon dynamics under warming is constrained by limited understanding of microbial thermal adaptation, particularly whether microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) can adapt to warming and how plant diversity modulates this response. Using soils from a natural tree species diversity gradient in a subtropical forest, we combined a
Pengpeng Duan, Changqing Ye, Xinyi Yang, Chaoqun Wang, Wolfgang Wanek, Jian‐sheng Ye, Hongzhao Yuan, Hu Du, Kongcao Xiao, Xunyang He, Kelin Wang, Dejun Li   +11 more
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Microbiome‐mediated plant‐soil feedbacks as a tool for resilient agriculture

iMetaOmics, Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2026.
Translating plant‐soil feedbacks (PSFs) into reliable agricultural management requires shifting from input‐dependent practices toward endogenous, process‐driven crop resilience. To bridge this gap, we propose a predictive framework centered on three strategic interventions: engineering the crop holobiont, diversifying the soil habitat, and deploying ...
Muhammad Asif, Hazrat Bilal, Min Xiao, Lei Dong, Wen‐Jun Li   +4 more
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Plant detritus carbon dominates over microbial necromass carbon in topsoil of alpine ecosystems

Communications Earth & Environment
Determining microbial necromass carbon and plant detritus carbon is essential for accurate global soil organic carbon modeling. Yet soil organic carbon precursors are usually ignored in alpine assessments.
Zhen Peng, Tian Ma, Allan Degen, Peipei Liu, Binyu Luo, Lingyan Qi, Tianyun Qi, Zhuoma Dengzeng, Dongmei Li, Chunyan Wang, Di Lu, Yue Qi, Pengwei Zheng, Xianrong Guan, Zhanhuan Shang   +14 more
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Microbial necromass accrual from newly added labile and native soil carbon in the rhizosphere vs. non-rhizosphere of broadleaved and coniferous trees

Geoderma
Microbe-mediated carbon (C) transformation plays a crucial role in the accumulation of soil organic C (SOC). However, microbial conversion efficiency of newly-added labile C and native SOC to necromass remain under-investigated.
Juan Jia, Guoqing Zhai, Yufu Jia, Xiaojuan Liu, Keping Ma, Xiaojuan Feng   +5 more
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Simulated Root Exudation Gradient Reveals Dosage‐Dependent Carbon Sequestration in Desertification Ecosystems

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 15, Page 10640-10648, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Root exudates serve as a key driver for the restoration of soil organic carbon (SOC), particularly in aeolian desertification ecosystems where aboveground litter retention is limited. While Salix cupularis is widely planted as an effective pioneer shrub for ecological rehabilitation on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau, how the quantity of its root ...
Ran Xue, Xuemei Fang, Dongming Chen, Fei Yan, Aomei Jia, Zhouwen Ma, Yongheng Gao, Jiqiong Zhou, Jian Zhang, Lin Liu   +9 more
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