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May 11, 2026Soil and Tillage Research2 citationsOpen Access

Cropping Diversification Enhances Microbial Networks and Soil Functions

Cropping diversification increases microbial network complexity associated with enhanced soil multifunctionality and resistance to global change

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QGQian GuoPHPeng HeRLRui Li

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Randomized trial shows increased soil multifunctionality and climate resistance in diversified cropping systems, highlighting microbial interactions.

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  • This research aims to understand how cropping diversification affects microbial mechanisms that enhance soil multifunctionality and resilience to climate change.
  • Conducted a 10-year field experiment with five cropping regimes: monocultures, intercropping, and rotations.
  • Quantified soil multifunctionality and resistance to warming and wetting-drying cycles.
  • Analyzed microbial phylogenetic diversity, community composition, and co-occurrence network topology.
  • Diversified cropping increased soil multifunctionality and climate resistance compared to continuous monoculture.
  • Microbial network complexity had a stronger relationship with multifunctionality than microbial diversity alone.
  • Inoculation of high-functioning microbial communities into monoculture led to improved multifunctionality and resistance.
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Guo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0171983a9f334c28271cd0https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2026.107254
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