Professor SACHA MOONEY's Outputs (6)

Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.) (2024)
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Booth, S. W., Kurtz, B., Heer, M. I., Mooney, S. J., & Sturrock, C. J. (2024). Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.). Pedobiologia, 107, Article 151000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2024.151000

Insecticide treated seeds are commonly used to reduce yield losses from burrowing insect damage such as wireworms. Using temporal X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of soil-filled bioassays, we aimed to quantify changes in burrow network production and s... Read More about Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.).

Root-soil-microbiome management is key to the success of Regenerative Agriculture (2024)
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Mooney, S., Castrillo, G., Cooper, H., & Bennett, M. (2024). Root-soil-microbiome management is key to the success of Regenerative Agriculture. Nature Food, 5, 451–453. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01001-1

Building soil health and manipulating the soil microbiome, alongside targeted plant breeding that prioritizes preferential root architectural development, hold the key to the future success of regenerative agriculture. Greater integration is needed b... Read More about Root-soil-microbiome management is key to the success of Regenerative Agriculture.

Zero-tillage induces significant changes to the soil pore network and hydraulic function after 7 years (2024)
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Wardak, D. L. R., Padia, F. N., de Heer, M. I., Sturrock, C. J., & Mooney, S. J. (2024). Zero-tillage induces significant changes to the soil pore network and hydraulic function after 7 years. Geoderma, 447, Article 116934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116934

Zero-tillage and ploughing are highly contrasting soil management practices that have distinct roles in generating soil porosity. Ploughed systems employ anthropogenic perturbation to manage weed pressure and ensure optimal conditions at time of sowi... Read More about Zero-tillage induces significant changes to the soil pore network and hydraulic function after 7 years.

Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis (2024)
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Raza, S., Irshad, A., Margenot, A., Zamanian, K., Li, N., Ullah, S., Mehmood, K., Khan, M. A., Siddique, N., Zhou, J., Mooney, S. J., Kurganova, I., Zhao, X., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2024). Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis. Geoderma, 443, Article 116831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116831

Soils are a major player in the global carbon (C) cycle and climate change by functioning as a sink or a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The largest terrestrial C reservoir in soils comprises two main pools: organic (SOC) and inorganic C... Read More about Inorganic carbon is overlooked in global soil carbon research: A bibliometric analysis.

Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years (2024)
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Cooledge, E. C., Sturrock, C. J., Atkinson, B. S., Mooney, S. J., Brailsford, F. L., Murphy, D. V., Leake, J. R., Chadwick, D. R., & Jones, D. L. (2024). Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 365, Article 108928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108928

Herbal leys (multispecies swards) can potentially deliver greater agronomic and environmental benefits than conventional grass-clover swards in grazed agroecosystems. However, despite their popularity in agri-environment schemes, little is known abou... Read More about Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years.

Root plasticity vs. elasticity – When are responses acclimative? (2024)
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Colombi, T., Pandey, B. K., Chawade, A., Bennett, M. J., Mooney, S., & Keller, T. (2024). Root plasticity vs. elasticity – When are responses acclimative?. Trends in Plant Science, 29(8), 856-864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2024.01.003

Spatiotemporal soil heterogeneity and the resulting edaphic stress cycles can be decisive for crop growth. However, our understanding of the acclimative value of root responses to heterogeneous soil conditions remains limited. We outline a framework... Read More about Root plasticity vs. elasticity – When are responses acclimative?.