Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production
Journal Article
Button, E. S., Marshall, M., Sánchez-Rodríguez, A. R., Blaud, A., Abadie, M., Chadwick, D. R., & Jones, D. L. (2023)
Greenhouse gas production, diffusion and consumption in a soil profile under maize and wheat production. Geoderma, 430, Article 116310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116310
Agricultural soil emissions are a balance between sinks and sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The fluxes of GHGs from soils are complex and spatially and temporally heteroge...
Quantification of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Abundances in Environmental Samples by Quantitative-PCR
Book Chapter
Blaud, A., Maïder, A., & Clark, I. M. (2021)
Quantification of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Abundances in Environmental Samples by Quantitative-PCR. In L. C. Carvalhais, & P. G. Dennis (Eds.), The Plant Microbiome: Methods and Protocols (135-146). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1040-4_12
Quantitative-PCR (qPCR) enables the quantification of specific DNA targets, such as functional or phylogenetic marker genes associated with environmental samples. During each ...
Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment
Journal Article
Clark, I. M., Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Dixon, E. R., Blaud, A., & Hirsch, P. R. (2020)
Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment. Scientific Reports, 10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72679-z
Factors influencing production of greenhouse gases nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitrogen (N2) in arable soils include high nitrate, moisture and plants; we investigate how differen...
Monitoring soil microbial communities using molecular tools: DNA extraction methods may offset long-term management effects
Journal Article
Changey, F., Blaud, A., Pando, A., Herrmann, A. M., & Lerch, T. Z. (2021)
Monitoring soil microbial communities using molecular tools: DNA extraction methods may offset long-term management effects. European Journal of Soil Science, 72(2), 1026-1041. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13026
Despite recent technological advances in molecular ecology, DNA extraction from soil remains a crucial step when quantifying and characterizing soil microbial communities. Pot...
Pore system characteristics of soil aggregates and their relevance to aggregate stability
Journal Article
Menon, M., Mawodza, T., Rabbani, A., Blaud, A., Lair, G. J., Babaei, M., …Banwart, S. (2020)
Pore system characteristics of soil aggregates and their relevance to aggregate stability. Geoderma, 366, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114259
Aggregates are the structural units of soils, and the physical stability is considered to be a keystone parameter of soil quality. However, little is known about the evolution...
Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil
Journal Article
Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Blaud, A., Carswell, A., Misselbrook, T. H., Clark, I. M., & Hirsch, P. R. (2020)
Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors on soil N, nitrifier abundance and activity in a sandy loam soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56(2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-019-01411-5
Inhibitors of urease and ammonia monooxygenase can limit the rate of conversion of urea to ammonia and ammonia to nitrate, respectively, potentially improving N fertilizer use...
The pH optimum of soil exoenzymes adapt to long term changes in soil pH
Journal Article
Puissant, J., Jones, B., Goodall, T., Mang, D., Blaud, A., Gweon, H. S., …Griffiths, R. (2019)
The pH optimum of soil exoenzymes adapt to long term changes in soil pH. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 138, 107601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107601
Soil exoenzymes released by microorganisms break down organic matter and are crucial in regulating C, N and P cycling. Soil pH is known to influence enzyme activity, and is al...
Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes
Journal Article
Malik, A. A., Puissant, J., Buckeridge, K. M., Goodall, T., Jehmlich, N., Chowdhury, S., …Griffiths, R. I. (2018)
Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05980-1
Soil microorganisms act as gatekeepers for soil–atmosphere carbon exchange by balancing the accumulation and release of soil organic matter. However, poor understanding of the...
Analysing the effect of dietary prebiotics and probiotics on gut bacterial richness and diversity of Asian snakehead fingerlings using T-RFLP method
Journal Article
Munir, M. B., Marsh, T. L., Blaud, A., Hashim, R., Janti Anak Joshua, W., & Mohd Nor, S. A. (2018)
Analysing the effect of dietary prebiotics and probiotics on gut bacterial richness and diversity of Asian snakehead fingerlings using T-RFLP method. Aquaculture Research, 49(10), 3350-3361. doi:10.1111/are.13799
This study was designed to evaluate the effects of three prebiotics (β‐glucan, galacto‐oligosaccharide [GOS], mannan‐oligosaccharide [MOS]) and two probiotics (Saccharomyces c...
Spatial zoning of microbial functions and plant-soil nitrogen dynamics across a riparian area in an extensively grazed livestock system
Journal Article
de Sosa, L. L., Glanville, H. C., Marshall, M. R., Williams, A. P., Abadie, M., Clark, I. M., …Jones, D. L. (2018)
Spatial zoning of microbial functions and plant-soil nitrogen dynamics across a riparian area in an extensively grazed livestock system. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 120, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.02.004
Anthropogenic activities have significantly altered global biogeochemical nitrogen (N) cycling leading to major environmental problems such as freshwater eutrophication, biodi...