Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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2026, 25(4): 1647-1663
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Straw tissue quality influence the formation pathways of soil organic carbon via living microbes or microbial necromass in a Mollisols, Northeast China
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Qilin Zhang1, Xiujun Li1,2, Guoshuang Chen1, Nana Luo1, Shufeng Zhang1, Ezemaduka Anastasia Ngozi3, Xinrui Lu1#
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1State Key Laboratory of Black Soils Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3School of Life Science, Peking University, Beijing 100091, China
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Qilin Zhang, E-mail: zhangqilin@iga.ac.cn; #Correspondence Xinrui Lu, Tel: +86-431-85542226, E-mail: luxinrui@iga.ac.cn
doi: 10.1016/j.jia.2025.09.020
Outline
Soil organic carbon (SOC),representing the largest terrestrial organic carbon pool, significantly influences soil quality. The incorporation of residues is widely recognized as a method to regulate SOC sequestration. A 365-day incubation experiment was conducted to evaluate the contribution of straw-derived carbon (SDC) of varying quality to SOC fractions (free-floating particulate organic carbon (fPOC), occluded POC (oPOC) and mineral-associated OC (MAOC)), and examine the relationships between microorganisms and SOC fractions by incorporating 13C-labelled maize stem straw (ST), leave straw (LE), sheath straw (SH) (1%) in Chinese Mollisols. Results indicated that compared to control (CK), ST, LE and SH treatments enhanced SOC, fPOC and MAOC by 4.8–19.5, 35.7–49.5 and 1.6–3.9%, respectively. The SDC-SOC and MAOC content of LE were 29.1–38.1%and 17.5–44.5% higher than ST and SH, respectively. The SDC-oPOC content of SH was 3.1% higher than LE. The PLFA concentration decreased steadily throughout the incubation period, while necromass remained in-fluctuating until an obvious increasing trend observed at later stage. Furthermore, structural equation model (SEM) revealed that lignin to nitrogen ratio (LigN) of ST exhibited negative association with SDC-fPOC, and bacterial diversity in SH showed negative correlation with LigN and positive correlation with SDC-oPOC, while demonstrating positive correlation between microbial necromass and SDC-MAOC in LE. These findings indicated that POC dynamics correlated with straw chemical traits, while MAOC showed links toboth microbial necromass traits and straw chemical characteristics. These findings advance our understanding of how straw residue quality influences SOC turnover and stabilization through microbial communityinteractions, contributing to the development of policies to improve soil fertility, and promote the rational and efficient utilizationof straw.
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秸秆质量通过活的微生物或微生物残体途径影响中国东北黑土区土壤有机碳的形成.
农业科学学报(英文版),
2026
, 25
(4)
: 1647
-1663
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2025.09.020
Qilin Zhang, Xiujun Li, Guoshuang Chen, Nana Luo, Shufeng Zhang, Ezemaduka Anastasia Ngozi, Xinrui Lu.
Straw tissue quality influence the formation pathways of soil organic carbon via living microbes or microbial necromass in a Mollisols, Northeast China[J].
Journal of Integrative Agriculture,
2026
, 25
(4)
: 1647
-1663
.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2025.09.020
Year 2026 volume 25 Issue 4
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doi: 10.1016/j.jia.2025.09.020