Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41927558›Full record

ArticleNature communications2026

Low-intensity management promotes the soil priming effect in European agroecosystems.

Xiaohan Dong, Alfonso Vera, María Patiño, José A Siles, Weidong Zhang, Cristina Aponte, Inés Santín-Montanya, Miguel Ángel Porcel, Elena Tondini, Francesco Vitali and 23 more

Erratum issuedAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors.

Xiaohan DongDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2235-2405
Alfonso VeraDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-0496
María PatiñoDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.
José A SilesDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5850-0281
Weidong ZhangHuitong Experimental Station of Forest Ecology, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Cristina AponteDepartamento de Medio Ambiente y Agronomía, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA- CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Inés Santín-MontanyaDepartamento de Medio Ambiente y Agronomía, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA- CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1978-6560
Miguel Ángel PorcelDepartamento de Medio Ambiente y Agronomía, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA- CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Elena TondiniCentre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Via di Lanciola 12A, Firenze, FI, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4701-5798
Francesco VitaliCentre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Via di Lanciola 12A, Firenze, FI, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9125-4337
Sara Del DucaCentre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Via di Lanciola 12A, Firenze, FI, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2353-3411
Carmen Trasar-CepedaDepartamento de Suelos, Biosistemas y Ecología Agroforestal, MBG sede Santiago (CSIC), Apartado 122, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Ángeles Prieto-FernándezDepartamento de Suelos, Biosistemas y Ecología Agroforestal, MBG sede Santiago (CSIC), Apartado 122, E-15705, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-1528
Anna EdlingerWageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-2371
Tess F J van de VoordeWageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-5619
Maria-Franca DekkersWageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Marcel G A van der HeijdenDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-1924
Raphaël WittwerPlant-Soil Interactions Group, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-7195
Guénola PérèsInstitut Agro, INRAE, UMR SAS, Rennes, France.
Issaga DialloInstitut Agro, INRAE, UMR SAS, Rennes, France.
Johann G ZallerInstitute of Zoology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7744-7378
Rajasekaran MuruganInstitute of Soil Research, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-2756
Marjetka SuhadolcAgronomy Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1550-1636
Anton GovednikAgronomy Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Rok MiheličAgronomy Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-1903
Maria ViketoftDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
Mohammad BahramDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9539-3307
Chengjie RenState key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4959-3129
Marketa Sagova-MareckovaFaculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Dept. of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Kamycka 129, 16106, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Guiyao ZhouLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Av. Reina Mercedes 10, Sevilla, Spain.
Manuel Delgado-BaquerizoLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Av. Reina Mercedes 10, Sevilla, Spain.
Stefano MocaliCentre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Via di Lanciola 12A, Firenze, FI, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-7206
Felipe BastidaDepartment of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain. fbastida@cebas.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-7099

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agricultural management is critical in shaping soil carbon (C) stocks, pools and fluxes. The soil priming effect (PE) is known as a key component of the global C cycle that reflects alterations in soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization induced by fresh C inputs. Here, we show that priming can help to predict soil C content across European Long-Term Experiments (LTEs), a result which was maintained at continental and global scales. Results reveal that lower-intensity management significantly enhances PE in soils from European croplands. Conversely, high-intensity management led to lower or even negative PE. Management intensity influences PE directly through alterations in SOC and indirectly by modifying aggregates stability and microbial biomass. Both fertilization and tillage affect PE, with soils under organic fertilization and no-tillage showing higher values of PE. These findings advance our understanding of the long-term impacts of agricultural management on the C cycle at the continental scale.

Indexed as

AgricultureAgroecologyEcosystemSoilBiomassCarbonCarbon CycleEuropeFertilizersSoil MicrobiologyCarbonFertilizersSoil

Identifiers

PMID41927558
PMCPMC13121730

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.