ArticlePLoS biology2023
Can we manipulate the soil microbiome to promote carbon sequestration in croplands?
Article in PLoS biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Associations between soil microbiomes and carbon stabilization under long-term no-till farming systems in the Argentine Pampas.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Community Dynamics Drive Calcium Carbonate Production in an Enriched Consortium of Soil Microbes.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Which Plant Traits Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long-Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Harnessing Microbes to Weather Native Silicates in Agricultural Soils for Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Integrating microbial community properties, biomass and necromass to predict cropland soil organic carbon.ISME communications · 2023Article
- Engineering plants for a changing climate.PLoS biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Manipulating the microbiome of cropland soils has the potential to accelerate soil carbon sequestration, but strategies to do so need to be carefully vetted. Here, we highlight the general steps required to develop, implement, and validate such microbe-based strategies.
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