Stuart Grandy

Mineral-associated organic nitrogen pool size, composition, and accessibility mediated by agricultural management and soil geochemical characteristics Mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) contains a substantial portion of soil nitrogen (N). MAOM-N could serve as an important N source for crops, b…

New paper! 🎉 Check out how soil organic N dynamics within MAOM are mediated by management and geochemistry. Team effort led by Rachel Hestrin and Gabriella Griffin + major contributions from @andreajilling.bsky.social and @stuartsoil.bsky.social + many others. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It’s hard to post about papers these days but I’ll try. Better slow than never. Here’s a blog post about our recently published paper. communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...

INVITED REVIEW
Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?

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Great day for our team!

maybe you will catch Jessica and team in their element taking permafrost cores!

Our group got together to celebrate the end of the semester and enjoy a beautiful spring day!

Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know? Managing soils to increase organic carbon presents a potential opportunity to mitigate and adapt to global change challenges. However, soils differ widely in their biophysical limits for carbon accum...

Great paper 👏 @globalchangebio.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @angersd.bsky.social @sebdoetterl.bsky.social @stuartsoil.bsky.social @lugatoe.bsky.social @thuenen-som.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @schweizer.bsky.social @johansix.bsky.social
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Some people are incredibly responsive to training.

Their talent doesn't express until they put in a lot of work.

Don't be fooled into thinking you aren't good because something doesn't come naturally.

Defining soil science: Balancing fundamental research and societal needs Soil science's identity emerges from studying Earth's complex living and nonliving systems across scales. Defining soil science requires balancing practical impacts with fundamental scientific explo...

Defining soil science: Balancing fundamental research and societal needs, by @teamrat.bsky.social and @aaberhe.com acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 👀

Narrowing the ecological yield gap to sustain crop yields with less inputs Sustainable production of sufficient and healthy food requires efficient use of agricultural inputs. In many regions of the world with intensive agric…

In a new paper, we propose the 'ecological yield gap' as a framework to strengthen collaboration between agronomists and ecologists in our quest to enhance on-farm ecosystem services in ways that effectively sustain crop yields while minimising input use:
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Way to go Serita, thrilled to celebrate with you!

SoilBioME the amazing team I'm a part of now has socials! We are on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/soil... www.instagram.com/soilbiome/, and Instagram and our BlueSky TBA. Follow us for updates from Serita Frey, @stuartsoil.bsky.social, Jessica Ernakovich, and Alix Contosta's groups.

With respect to my Fe loving colleagues, I started my soil chem class with this yesterday, ‘today is a great day because we get to discuss soil, but, unfortunately some great days are less great than others, and today is one of those days, we’re discussing metal oxides’.

Supercharge it’s metabolic potential! Must read to find out what this means!

Does anyone know what’s the most abundant crystalline clay type on earth, or have reasonable guesses?

The assembly of plant communities in relation to overlap in mycorrhizal and pathogenic root fungi Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

The assembly of plant communities in relation to overlap in mycorrhizal and pathogenic root fungi

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A red Amanita fruiting with leaf litter around

How does variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity affect tree growth? What are the knowledge gaps to more fully answering this question?

See my review out today in Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

#Preprint alert!
Our meta-analysis on the effects of earthworms on microbial abundance and diversity is now online. 🪱🦠

Led by Manuel Blouin from #INRAE Dijon.

@thegsbi.bsky.social
#MicrobiomeSky

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Multidimensional measures of farmer well-being: A scoping review - Agronomy for Sustainable Development Determinants of farmer well-being can be derived from objective and subjective measures of social components, environmental sustainability indicators, and quality of life indices, as well as the multi...

With the winter comes farm planning, administrative work and other responsibilities. I’m reposting our work on #farmer #well-being. And how important aspects of farmer well-being are overlooked when measuring indicators in #agriculture.
Multidimensionality is key.

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A microbial framework for nitrogen cycling solutions in agroecosystems Nitrogen use in agriculture often prioritizes immediate yield gains at the expense of the environment and agroecosystem health. This problem persists because current solutions for crop nitrogen use inefficiency focus too narrowly on inputs and overlook the internal processes that govern nitrogen’s fate, from crop uptake and environmental losses to storage and transfers between various organic pools. We synthesize recent research developments in soil nitrogen biogeochemistry into an aspirational and accessible microbe-centered framework that clarifies understanding of nitrogen accumulation, recycling, and plant uptake processes in soil. This framework can guide scientific exploration and practical applications to boost crop yields, enrich soil organic matter, and reduce environmental nitrogen losses.

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Published! Our framework organizes N cycle research through a microbial lens. Rather than focus exclusively on inputs, we emphasize internal recycling and plant-soil microbe uptake processes. We hope this helps frame research and communicate options to growers.

With all the attention for soil C sequestration as a C removal strategy the role of N, which is closely linked as a key component of soil organic matter, is mostly overlooked. Great paper and very nice visuals!

Santa Claus🎅 is early this year 🤩#justout paper led by @stuartsoil.bsky.social with @andreajilling.bsky.social @agent-sprout.bsky.social & others
"A microbial framework for nitrogen cycling solutions in agroecosystems" @cp-oneearth.bsky.social
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Agriculture has a N problem. N fuels growth, but too much N pollutes air & water. Here we argue for focusing on internal microbial N cycling - and not merely N inputs. Fun collaboration w/ @stuartsoil.bsky.social, @andreajilling.bsky.social & several others. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kIZ79C~Iu...

I’m surprised by the references to Gaia theory as the start of ESS, given how dismissive generations of ecologists before us were of the theory

Mycorrhizal Fungi and the White Album Effect Brian S. Steidinger This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Mycorrhizal strains can both compete and collaborate to benefit plant hosts. T…

📰Published📰 Mycorrhizal Fungi and the White Album Effect

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Aaaaaand, another major rejection today!

Rejection is the rule, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still suck big time, every time.

Today (December 5) is World SOIL Day.
A day dedicated to spreading awareness of #SOIL and celebrating the amazing world under our feet.
Learn more by visiting www.fao.org/world-soil-d...

Nitrogen-cycling microbial guilds. Drawing by Joshua Binswanger.

"How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it?" William Logan

Soils are the essence of life, and I deeply admire the tiny biological engines that keep them functional.

Happy World Soil Day 2024 !

Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions Nature Communications - How climate change will impact microbial community growth is unclear. Here, the authors use a field experiment with varying global change factors, finding fungal growth more...

Excited to share our new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social showing that soil fungi, unlike bacteria, remain fully active under severe drought conditions, and also invest in synthesis of storage compounds.
Led by the amazing @loutsi.bsky.social and Alberto Canarini.
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