Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition

Qingxu Ma, Yuan Wen, Deying Wang, +6

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

BiogeochemistryEngineeringSoil EcologyNitrogen CyclingAgricultural Economics +7

Microbial community succession in soil is mainly driven by carbon and nitrogen contents rather than phosphorus and sulphur contents

Sheng Tang, Qingxu Ma, Karina A. Marsden, +5

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

BiogeochemistryEngineeringSoil EcologyNitrogen ContentsMicrobial Ecology +8

The Short-Term Effects of Rice Straw Biochar, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer on Rice Yield and Soil Properties in a Cold Waterlogged Paddy Field

Linlin Si, Yinan Xie, Qingxu Ma, +1

Sustainability

Phosphorus FertilizerEngineeringChemical FertilizerAgricultural EconomicsSoil Management +17

Is the ‘enzyme latch’ or ‘iron gate’ the key to protecting soil organic carbon in peatlands?

Yuan Wen, Huadong Zang, Qingxu Ma, +3

Geoderma

Organic GeochemistryCarbon SequestrationBiogeochemistryEngineeringSoil Carbon Cycle +6

The effect of organic manure or green manure incorporation with reductions in chemical fertilizer on yield-scaled N2O emissions in a citrus orchard

Wei Zhou, Qingxu Ma, Lei Wu, +8

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

BiogeochemistryEngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringChemical FertilizerSustainable Agriculture +8

Crop rotation stage has a greater effect than fertilisation on soil microbiome assembly and enzymatic stoichiometry

Yinan Xie, Yang Ouyang, Shun Han, +5

The Science of The Total Environment

Soil Microbiome AssemblyRhizosphereMicrobial EcologySoil OrganismEnvironmental Microbiology +6

Fertilizer regime changes the competitive uptake of organic nitrogen by wheat and soil microorganisms: An in-situ uptake test using 13C, 15N labelling, and 13C-PLFA analysis

Qingxu Ma, Lianghuan Wu, Juan Wang, +5

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

BiogeochemistryEngineeringIn-situ Uptake TestSoil EcologyAgricultural Economics +9

Long-term farmyard manure application affects soil organic phosphorus cycling: A combined metagenomic and 33P/14C labelling study

Qingxu Ma, Yuan Wen, Jinzhao Ma, +5

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

BiogeochemistryPrecision AgricultureEngineeringSoil EcologyAgricultural Economics +7

Metagenomics reveals N-induced changes in carbon-degrading genes and microbial communities of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plantation soil under long-term fertilization

Xiangde Yang, Kang Ni, Yuanzhi Shi, +10

The Science of The Total Environment

BiologyCamellia Sinensis L.BiogeochemistryMicrobial DiversityEngineering +9

Substrate control of sulphur utilisation and microbial stoichiometry in soil: Results of 13C, 15N, 14C, and 35S quad labelling

Qingxu Ma, Yakov Kuzyakov, Wankun Pan, +9

The ISME Journal