Plant‐Plant Interactions Drive the Decomposition of Soil Organic Carbon via Nutrition Competition in Dryland

• Published in: Plant, cell and environment Vol. 48; no. 7; pp. 4756 - 4769
• Main Authors: Wang, Wei, Li, Meng‐Ying, Wen, Qing‐Hui, Mo, Fei, Ren, Ai‐Tian, Duan, Hai‐Xia, Tao, Hong‐Yan, Li, Jian‐Ming, Cao, Jing, Sheteiwy, Mohamed S., Xiong, You‐Cai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2025
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Arid zones; Carbon; Carbon - metabolism; Carbon cycle; Enzymatic activity; Growth rate; Intercropping; Microorganisms; Mineralization; Monoculture; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; nutrient competition; Nutrient dynamics; Organic carbon; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; Photosynthesis; Plant communities; Plant growth; Plant Roots - metabolism; Plants - metabolism; plant–plant interactions; Rhizosphere; SOC turnover; Soil - chemistry; Soil conservation; Soil Microbiology; Soils; SOC turnover; intercropping; nutrient competition; plant–plant interactions

ABSTRACT Plant‐plant interactions are often overlooked when assessing carbon (C) cycling in plant community. Limited research exists on how nutrient competition influences soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics via modifying rhizosphere C turnover. To address this issue, quantitative model of plant–plan...