General resources on soil biology in organic systems
Scientific Results
- Abundance of Soil-Borne Entomopathogenic Fungi in Organic and Conventional Fields in the Midwestern USA with an Emphasis on the Effect of Herbicides and Fungicides on Fungal Persistence
- PLoS ONE (2015) 10(7): e0133613
- Accounting for soil biotic effects on soil health and crop productivity in the design of crop rotations
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2015) 95: 447-454
- Altered food web structure and C-flux pathways associated with mineralisation of organic amendments to agricultural soil
- Applied Soil Ecology (2011) 48: 107-116
- Arable weeds, cover crops, and tillage drive soil microbial community composition in organic cropping systems
- Applied Soil Ecology (2013) 72: 232-241
- Assessment of Multiple Management Systems in the Upper Midwest
- Agronomy Journal (2013) 105: 1665-1675
- Chemical properties, microbial biomass, and activity differ between soils of organic and conventional horticultural systems under greenhouse and open field management: a case study
- Journal of Soils and Sediments (2011) 11: 25-36
- Compost, rapeseed rotation, and biocontrol agents significantly impact soil microbial communities in organic and conventional potato production systems
- Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 52: 29-41
- Composted Dairy Manure and Alfalfa Hay Mulch Affect Soil Ecology and Early Production of ‘Braeburn’ Apple on M.9 Rootstock
- HortScience (2013) 48: 645-651
- Does soil biota benefit from organic farming in complex vs. simple landscapes?
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2011) 141: 210-214
- Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2009) 41: 1301-1310
- Effect of organic, conventional and mixed cultivation practices on soil microbial community structure and nematode abundance in a cultivated onion crop
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2013) 93: 3700-3709
- Effects of band-steaming on microbial activity and abundance in organic farming soil
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2010) 137: 223-230
- Effects of fertilizer and spatial heterogeneity in soil pH on microbial biomass indices in a long-term field trial of organic agriculture
- Plant and Soil (2010) 328: 203-215
- Effects of four tillage systems on soil structure and soil microbial biomass in organic farming
- Soil Use and Management (2009) 25: 1-10
- Effects of organic amendment and tillage on soil microorganisms and microfauna
- Applied Soil Ecology (2010) 46: 103-110
- Effect of Organic Fertilizers on Regeneration of Biodiversity After Soil Steaming in Organic Glasshouses
- Efficacy of Microbial Amendments on Vegetables in Greenhouse and Field Trials
- HortScience (2012) 47: 349-355
- Factors affecting soil microbial community structure in tomato cropping systems
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2010) 42: 831-841
- Fourteen years of evidence for positive effects of conservation agriculture and organic farming on soil life
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2015) 35: 169-181
- Functional Gene Differences in Soil Microbial Communities from Conventional, Low-Input, and Organic Farmlands
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2013) 79: 1284-1292
- Going with the flow: Landscape position drives differences in microbial biomass and activity in conventional, low input, and organic agricultural systems in the Midwestern U.S.
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 218: 1-10
- Impact of cover crop in pre-plant of apple orchards: relationship between crop health, root inhabiting fungi and rhizospheric bacteria
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2015) 95: 947-958
- The impact of crop rotation on soil microbial diversity: A meta-analysis
- Pedobiologia (2016) 59: 215-223
- Labile factions of soil organic matter and microbial characteristics of soil under organic and conventional crop management systems
- Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2016) 32: 1-6
- Linking microbial functional diversity of olive rhizosphere soil to management systems in commercial orchards in southern Spain
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2013) 181: 169-178
- Long-term copper application in an organic vineyard modifies spatial distribution of soil micro-organisms
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2013) 65: 245-253
- Long-term effects of organic farming on fungal and bacterial residues in relation to microbial energy metabolism
- Biology and Fertility of Soils (2010) 46:303-307
- Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2008) 40: 2297-2308
- Microbial biomass, activity, and community structure in horticultural soils under conventional and organic management strategies
- European Journal of Soil Biology (2013) 58: 122-128
- Microbial biomass and activity down the soil profile after long-term addition of addition of farmyard manure to a sandy soil
- Organic Agriculture (2018) 8:29-38
- Microbial biomass content and enzymatic activities after application of organic amendments to a horticultural soil
- Bioresource Technology (2000) 75: 43-48
- Microbial community assimilation of cover crop rhizodeposition within soil microenvironments in alternative and conventional cropping systems
- Plant and Soil (2012) 356: 315-330
- Microbial community composition and carbon cycling within soil microenvironments of conventional, low-input, and organic cropping systems
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2010) 43: 20-30
- Microbial community structure and abundance in the rhizosphere and bulk soil of a tomato cropping system that includes cover crops
- Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 77: 42-50
- Multifaceted beneficial effects of rhizosphere microorganisms on plant health and productivity
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2008) 40: 1733-1740
- Organic farming enhances soil microbial abundance and activity—A meta-analysis and meta-regression
- PLoS ONE (2017) 12(7): e0180442
- Organic farming induces changes in soil microbiota that affect agro-ecosystem functions
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2016) 103: 327-336
- Provision of contrasting ecosystem services by soil communities from different agricultural fields
- Plant and Soil (2012) 350: 43-55
- Rhizosphere effects on functional stability of microbial communities in conventional and organic soils following elevated temperature treatment
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2013) 57: 56-59
- Seasonal and long-term resource-related variations in soil microbial communities in wheat-based rotations of the Canadian prairie
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2006) 38: 2104-2116
- Selected soil biological parameters measured in the 19th year of a long term organic-conventional comparison study in Canada
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 233: 343-351
- Soil biodiversity and human health
- Soil biota enhance agricultural sustainability by improving crop yield, nutrient uptake and reducing nitrogen leaching losses
- Journal of Applied Ecology (2015) 52: 228-239
- Soil fauna in sheep-grazed hill pastures under organic and conventional livestock management and in an adjacent ungrazed pasture
- Pedobiologia (2011) 54: 161-168
- The soil invertebrate contribution to nitrogen mineralisation differs between soils under organic and conventional dairy management
- Biology and Fertility of Soils (2012) 48: 31-42
- Soil Microbial Activity in Conventional and Organic Agricultural Systems
- Sustainability (2009) 1: 268-276
- Soil microbial biomass and activity in organic tomato farming systems: Effects of organic inputs and straw mulching
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2006) 38: 247-255
- Soil microbial biomass, functional microbial diversity, and nematode community structure as affected by cover crops and compost in an organic vegetable production system
- Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 58: 45-55
- Soil microbial biomass in organic farming systems
- The soil microbial community and grain micronutrient concentration of historical and modern hard red spring wheat cultivars grown organically and conventionally in the black soil zone of the Canadian Prairies
- Sustainability (2011) 3: 500-517
- Soil Microbial Community Structure and Organic Matter Transformation Processes in Organic and Integrated Farming Systems
- Soil microbial diversity and activity linked to crop yield and quality in a dryland organic wheat production system
- Applied Soil Ecology (2016) 108: 258-268
- Soil microbial diversity and soil functioning affect competition among grasses in experimental microcosms
- Oecologia (2005) 143: 232-240.
- Soil microbial dynamics in organic (biodynamic) and integrated apple orchards
- Organic Agriculture (2012) 2: 1-11
- Soil microbial responses to winter legume cover crop management during organic transition
- European Journal of Soil Biology (2014) 65: 15-22
- Soil Microbial Substrate Properties and Microbial Community Responses under Irrigated Organic and Reduced-Tillage Crop and Forage Production Systems
- Soil Microbiome Is More Heterogeneous in Organic Than in Conventional Farming System
- Frontiers in Microbiology (2017) 7: 2064
- Soil Micro-Organisms as influenced by Farming Systems and Management Practices
- Spring wheat genotypes differentially alter soil microbial communities and wheat breadmaking quality in organic and conventional systems
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2011) 91: 485-495
- Surface application of mulches and biosolids affect orchard soil properties after 7 years
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2003) 83: 131-137
- Thirty-seven years of soil nitrogen and phosphorus fertility management shapes the structure and function of the soil microbial community in a Brown Chernozem
- Plant and Soil (2009) 315: 173-184
- Trophic structure and major trophic links in conventional versus organic farming systems as indicated by carbon stable isotope ratios of fatty acids
- Oikos (2009) 118: 1579-1589.
- Weed Seed Persistence and Microbial Abundance in Long-Term Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems
- Weed Science (2011) 59: 202-209
Resources on specific aspects of soil biology in organic systems
For more information about Organic Science Cluster research on soil biology in organic production, please see the following Research Activities:
