The impacts of forage culture on the interaction

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 6 journals. Those papers have been cited 58 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Planting grass enhances relations between soil microbes and enzyme activities and restores soil functions in a degraded grassland (2024) · Frontiers in Microbiology · cited 8× · doi

  However, the impacts of forage culture on the interaction between soil microbes and EEAs and whether the recovery effect of soil functions depends on the varying degradation statuses remain unclear.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: soil impacts forage culture interaction microbes eeas whether recovery effect functions depends varying degradation statuses
• From microbiome collapse to recovery: a roadmap for microbiome-informed grassland restoration under global change (2026) · Frontiers in Microbiology · cited 8× · doi

  , nitrification, phosphorus mobilization) across field gradients; (ii) underrepresentation of soil viral ecology and its consequences for microbial regulation and ecosystem function; (iii) inconsistent persistence and context-dependence of introduced inoculants; and (iv) a lack of standardized, outcome-oriented indicators for "restoration-ready" microbiomes.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: nitrification phosphorus mobilization across field gradients underrepresentation soil viral ecology consequences microbial regulation ecosystem function
• Soil microbiota and herbivory drive the assembly of tomato plant-associated microbial communities through different mechanisms (2024) · Communications Biology · cited 22× · doi

  These results demonstrate the important role of plants in linking aboveground and belowground microbiota, and can foster further research on soil microbiota manipulation for sustainable pest management.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: microbiota demonstrate important role plants linking aboveground belowground foster further soil manipulation sustainable pest management
• Synergistic Effects of Different Endophytic Actinobacteria Combined with Organic Fertilizer on Soil Nutrients and Microbial Diversity in Camellia oleifera (2025) · Microorganisms · cited 9× · doi

  Although the application of bacterial manure has been demonstrated to enhance soil nutrient conditions, the specific contributions of endophytes within fertilizers and their interactions with soil microbial ecosystems remain inadequately explored.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: soil application bacterial manure enhance nutrient conditions specific contributions endophytes within fertilizers interactions microbial ecosystems
• Organic Amendments Regulate Soil Bacterial Diversity and Cooperative Network Structure in Reclaimed Coal Gangue Soil (2025) · Microorganisms · cited 4× · doi

  Restoring soil microbial functioning in reclaimed coal gangue soils is critical for ecosystem recovery, yet how different organic amendments, particularly industrial by-products, regulate bacterial communities remains unclear.

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  Keywords: restoring soil microbial functioning reclaimed coal gangue soils critical ecosystem recovery different organic amendments particularly
• Co-application of biochar and hydroxyapatite suppresses lead accumulation in rice via a soil–plant-microbe cascade (2026) · Scientific Reports · doi

  systematically evaluate this strategy across varying Pb contamination gradients and multiple cultivars, - assess the performance in soils with common co-contaminants, - investigate the functional roles of key microbial taxa in the Pb immobilization process

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: systematically evaluate strategy across varying contamination gradients multiple
• Microbial consortia enhance wheat productivity, plant nutrition and soil fertility in Vertisols of Central India (2026) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · cited 7× · doi

  Investigate the long-term effects of microbial inoculation, - Explore the potential of microbial consortia in other crops, - Study the effects of microbial inoculation on different soil types, - Examine the economic viability of large-scale microbial inoculation

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: investigate long-term effects microbial inoculation explore potential consortia
• Spatial and depth structuring predominate over temporal variation in Mediterranean climate grassland soil viral communities (2026) · ISME Communications · doi

  Abstract Viruses have the potential to influence microbial community structure and elemental cycling in soils, but it remains unclear how these communities are distributed across space and time, which can shape how they respond to environmental change and impact ecosystem processes.

  generalabstractevidence 3/5
  Keywords: abstract viruses potential influence microbial community structure elemental cycling soils remains unclear communities distributed across

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