Yakov Kuzyakov

TL;DR: Analysis of SOC losses after lowland rainforest conversion to oil palm, intensive rubber, and extensive rubber plantations in Jambi Province on Sumatra Island concludes that δ(13) C depth profiles may be a powerful tool to disentangle soil erosion and SOC mineralization after the conversion of natural ecosystems conversion to intensive plantations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the role of biopores in the nutrient acquisition from arable subsoils and found that subsoil can contribute to more than two-thirds of the plant nutrition of N, P and K, especially when the topsoil is dry or nutrient depleted.

TL;DR: In this article, the root surface is considered to be an important node in the global C cycle, and the root growth and death processes are largely controlled or directly influenced by roots and often occur in the vicinity of root surface.

TL;DR: In this article, a total of 20 different soil organic carbon fractionation methods were tested by participating laboratories for their suitability to isolate fractions with varying turnover rates, using agricultural soils from three experimental sites with vegetation change from C3 to C4 22-36 years ago.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that microbial P mineralization can be a side effect of microbial C acquisition from which plants potentially can benefit, but only a small proportion of the P is incorporated into the microbial biomass.