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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Nitrogen Immobilization in Organic Media: A Double-Edged Sword Affecting the Utilization of Green Waste as Growing Media.

Ruohan Li, Wenzhong Cui, Min Zhang, Zhiyong Qi, Wanlai Zhou

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ruohan LiInstitute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.
Wenzhong CuiInstitute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.
Min ZhangInstitute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.ORCID 0009-0007-1899-5914
Zhiyong QiInstitute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.
Wanlai ZhouInstitute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32541086Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2025ZNSESC0439the Local Financial Special Fund Project of Chengdu Agricultural Science and Technology Center NASC2023ST09the Project of the Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2025KY05the Project of the Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences SZ202402the Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences ASTIP-34-IUA-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review proposes a "phenomenon-mechanism-regulation" framework for understanding nitrogen immobilization during the conversion of green waste into growing media. Nitrogen immobilization acts as a double-edged sword: intense short-term immobilization, typically occurring within the first 1-2 weeks after substrate establishment, can rapidly deplete mineral nitrogen and induce plant nitrogen deficiency, whereas the immobilized nitrogen is subsequently incorporated into microbial biomass and lignin-associated organic pools, forming a slow-release reservoir that enhances nitrogen retention and reduces leaching losses. Owing to its extremely high C/N ratio (often >100) and the coexistence of labile carbon fractions and recalcitrant compounds (e.g., lignin and phenolics), green waste exhibits substantially stronger immobilization potential than conventional media. Empirical evidence indicates that nitrogen immobilization can reach 10-115 mg N·L

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abiotic N immobilizationBiotic N immobilizationorganic residuessoilless substrates

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PMID42122792
PMCPMC13165357

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