@article{c5d2c6143057437e8de9f941879cb0a5,
title = "Arable soil nitrogen dynamics reflect organic inputs via the extended composite phenotype",
abstract = "Achieving food security requires resilient agricultural systems with improved nutrient-use efficiency, optimized water and nutrient storage in soils, and reduced gaseous emissions. Success relies on understanding coupled nitrogen and carbon metabolism in soils, their associated influences on soil structure and the processes controlling nitrogen transformations at scales relevant to microbial activity. Here we show that the influence of organic matter on arable soil nitrogen transformations can be decoded by integrating metagenomic data with soil structural parameters. Our approach provides a mechanistic explanation of why organic matter is effective in reducing nitrous oxide losses while supporting system resilience. The relationship between organic carbon, soil-connected porosity and flow rates at scales relevant to microbes suggests that important increases in nutrient-use efficiency could be achieved at lower organic carbon stocks than currently envisaged.",
author = "Neal, {Andrew L.} and Barrat, {Harry A.} and Aur{\'e}lie Bacq-Lebreuil and Yuwei Qin and Xiaoxian Zhang and Taro Takahashi and Valentina Rubio and David Hughes and Clark, {Ian M.} and C{\'a}rdenas, {Laura M.} and Gardiner, {Laura Jayne} and Ritesh Krishna and Glendining, {Margaret L.} and Karl Ritz and Mooney, {Sacha J.} and Crawford, {John W.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by UK Research and Innovation{\textquoteright}s (UKRI) Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC)-funded Soil to Nutrition strategic programme (BBS/E/C/000I0310 for A.L.N., X.Z., D.H., I.M.C. and J.W.C., and BBS/E/C/000I0320 for T.T. and L.M.C.). The Broadbalk Wheat Experiment is part of the Rothamsted Long-term Experiments National Capability supported by BBSRC (BBS/E/C/000J0300 for M.L.G.) and the Lawes Agricultural Trust. H.A.B. was supported by funding from the Soils Training and Research Studentships programme provided by UKRI{\textquoteright}s BBSRC and Natural Environment Research Council. L.-J.G. and R.K. were supported by the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation, a collaboration between UKRI{\textquoteright}s Science and Technology Facilities Council and IBM Research Europe. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1038/s43016-022-00671-z",
language = "English (US)",
journal = "Nature Food",
issn = "2662-1355",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
}