the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41530857 and 41471208);the National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2015CB150501);the Department of Agriculture,Environment,and Rural Affairs(DAERA)in Northern Ireland,UK(No.700141499);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB15040000);the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology(NUIST),China(No.S8113117001).
Long-term nitrogen(N)fertilization imposes strong selection on nitrifying communities in agricultural soil,but how a progressively changing niche affects potentially active nitrifiers in the field remains poorly under...
funded by the German Research Society (DFG) Priority Program 1374 "InfrastructureBiodiversity-Exploratories" (DFG-Ref. No. 1374);the "The functional role of soil biodiversity in grassland habitats: effects of land use and climate on niche properties, decomposition and greenhouse gas fluxes" (SOILFUN) project
Edaphic biota significantly affects several essential ecological functions such as C-storage, nutrient turnover, and productivity.However, it is not completely understood how belowground animal contribution to these f...
supported by the Global Rice Science Partnership(GRiSP) Staff Development Fund;the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC) awarded to Dr.S.M.Impa,International Rice Research Institute,Philippines,through its Research Fellow Partnership Programme
Zinc(Zn) deficiency in paddy soils is often a problem for rice production.Flooding can decrease metal availability in some noncalcareous soils through different mechanisms associated with soil redox status.Laboratory ...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (No. 2011CB100504);the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-Q1-07);the Bluemoon Foundation, USA
While studies have focused on the use of biochar as soil amendment, little attention has been paid to its effect on soil fauna. The biochar was produced from slow pyrolysis of wheat straw in the present study. Four tr...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31070454);the Program for Key Discipline of Ecology ofBeing City, China (No.XK10019440)
Earthworms, one of the most important macroinvertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems of temperate zones, exert important influ- ences on soil functions. A laboratory microcosm study was conducted to evaluate the influen...