Effects of Soil Substrates and Microbial Inoculants on Earthworm-Mediated Modification of Soil Structure and Physicochemical Properties
Hong Zhu, Xiaowei Cui, Wenyi Sheng, Yuzhi Wang, Xiao Wang, Pengcheng Zhu, Ning Du, Zhaojie Cui, Hongnian Chen, Jierui Dai, Lele Liu, Weihua Guo · 2026
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Description
Hong Zhu and a large team tested in 2026 how soil type and added microbes change what earthworms do for degraded land. Earthworms rebuild soil structure and cycle nutrients, but helpers like fertilizer and bacteria may amplify or blunt their work. The experiment crossed four soil setups, including mining waste soil and fertilizer mixes, with two bacterial inoculants.
Worms lost weight in plain soil but gained it when surface fertilizer met the mixed inoculant. Mining waste did not harm the worms. Burrowing improved structure and mixed nutrients throughout. The bacteria shifted soil conductivity and clumping but not nutrient levels, and their effects depended on the soil base. The authors offer the combinations as guidance for restoring worn-out land.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hong Zhu, Xiaowei Cui, Wenyi Sheng, Yuzhi Wang, Xiao Wang, Pengcheng Zhu, Ning Du, Zhaojie Cui, Hongnian Chen, Jierui Dai, Lele Liu, Weihua Guo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |