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Research progress on microbial nitrogen use efficiency in farmland soils
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Xin-lei WANG1, Li-ping YANG1, Jun WANG1, *, He SONG2, Ya-ping HUANG3, Wen-ju ZHANG3
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers | 2026, 32(5) : 1159 - 1169
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers | 2026, 32(5): 1159-1169
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Research progress on microbial nitrogen use efficiency in farmland soils
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Xin-lei WANG1, Li-ping YANG1, Jun WANG1, *, He SONG2, Ya-ping HUANG3, Wen-ju ZHANG3
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  • 1College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
  • 2College of Agriculture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
  • 3Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences / National Key Laboratory for Efficient Utilisation of Arable Land in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Northern China / Key Laboratory of Soil Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.11674/zwyf.2025382
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Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (MNUE) reflects the proportion of absorbed nitrogen (N) allocated by microorganisms between growth metabolism and mineralization. As regulators of the conversion of soil organic N to inorganic N, MNUE governs the storage of absorbed N as organic matter within microbial biomass or its release into the soil as inorganic N. This process influences crop uptake and utilization of soil N. Nevertheless, in highly disturbed agricultural systems, the variability characteristics of MNUE and its underlying regulatory mechanisms remain inadequately understood, thereby limiting the scientific development of N management strategies for farmland soils. This review examines MNUE, focusing on the key factors and regulatory mechanisms governing it under different agricultural management practices. Overall, MNUE exhibits high variability within agricultural systems. This heterogeneity is primarily influenced by agricultural management practices (e.g., fertilization and tillage), soil physicochemical properties, microbial community structure, and environmental factors. The combined effects of these factors alter microbial N acquisition strategies by influencing soil pH, nutrient availability, microbial community composition, soil moisture content, oxygen levels, and temperature, ultimately leading to changes in MNUE. Currently, research predominantly focuses on controlled laboratory cultures or short-term field trials, lacking a systematic understanding of how different agricultural management practices affect MNUE across watershed and temporal scales. Future efforts should strengthen long-term observations across diverse soil types and climatic conditions. Integrating techniques such as metagenomics and metabolomics will elucidate the intrinsic linkages between key functional microorganisms, their N allocation strategies, and MNUE, thereby revealing the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of soil microbial N utilization in agricultural fields.

microbial nitrogen use efficiency  /  measuring method  /  farmland management  /  soil microbial community  /  nutrient availability
Xin-lei WANG, Li-ping YANG, Jun WANG, He SONG, Ya-ping HUANG, Wen-ju ZHANG. Research progress on microbial nitrogen use efficiency in farmland soils[J]. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, 2026 , 32 (5) : 1159 -1169 . DOI: 10.11674/zwyf.2025382
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doi: 10.11674/zwyf.2025382
  • Receive Date:2025-09-12
  • Online Date:2026-07-16
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-09-12
  • Accepted:2026-01-16
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    1College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
    2College of Agriculture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, China
    3Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences / National Key Laboratory for Efficient Utilisation of Arable Land in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Northern China / Key Laboratory of Soil Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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