Sharing our work with the scientific community, partners and the public
Our group publishes research outputs ranging from peer-reviewed journal articles to technical reports and media pieces. Together, these publications document how soil environmental biogeochemistry, soil health and circular waste solutions can support more resilient agro-ecosystems and landscapes.
This section provides access to our journal articles, project reports and technical notes, and media & outreach materials such as stories, interviews and videos. Where possible, we provide links to open-access versions or preprints so that our results can be used by researchers, practitioners and policy makers around the world.
Rahat Shabir, Yantao Li, Mallavarapu Megharaj, CR Chen* 2024 Biopolymer as an additive for effective biochar-based rhizobial inoculant. Science of the Total Environment 912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169263
Apsara Amarasingle, Chengrong Chen, Lukas Van Zwieten, Mehran Razaei Rashti 2024 The role of edaphic variables and management practices in regulating soil microbial resilience to drought – A meta-analysis. Science of Th Total Environment 912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169544
Mehran Rezaei Rashti, Paul N. Nelson, Zhongming Lan, Ninghu Su, Maryam Esfandbod, Xiangyu Liu, Johnvie Goloran, Hanzhi Zhang, Chengrong Chen*. 2024 Sugarcane cultivation altered soil nitrogen cycling microbial processes and decreased nitrogen bioavailability in tropical Australia. Journal of Soils and Sediments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-023-03704-7
Jie Kang, Chenchen Qu; Wenli Chen, Peng Cai, Chengrong Chen, Qiaoyun Huang 2024 Organo–organic interactions dominantly drive soil organic carbon accrual. Global Change Biology 30 (1) 17147. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17147
Loretta G Garrett, Alexa K Byers, Chengrong Chen, Zhongming Lan, Mohammad Bahadori, Steve A Wakelin. 2024. The hidden depths of forest soil organic carbon chemistry. Geodermal Regional 36. https://doi.org/10.1016j.geodrs.2024.e00760
Sabzoi Nizamuddin, Chengrong Chen* 2024 Biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics: chemical nature, biodegradation pathways and environmental strategy. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31689-w
Rahat Shabir, Yantao Li, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Chengrong Chen* 2024 Pyrolysis temperature affects biochar suitability as an alternative rhizobial carrier. Biology and Fertility of Soils https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-024-01805-0
Mingyu WANG; Detian Li; Beat Frey; Decai Gao; Xiangyu Liu; Chengrong Chen, Xin Sui; Maihe Li 2024 Land use modified impacts of global change factors on soil microbial structure and function: A global hierarchical meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment 935, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173286.
Jonas Larsen, Mehran Rezaei Rashti, Maryam Esfandbod, Chengrong Chen. 2024 Organic amendments improved soil properties and native plants’ performance in an Australian degraded land. Soil Research. 62, SR22252. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR22252
Ekaterina Filimonenko, Maria Uporova, Nikolai Prikhodko, Nataliya Samokhina Alexandra Belyanovskaya, Irina Kurganova, Valentin Lopes de Gerenyu, Carolina Merino, Francisco Matus, Chengrong Chen, Sulaiman Almwarai Alharbi, Andrey Soromotin, Yakov Kuzyakov. 2024 Organic matter stability in forest-tundra soils after wildfire. Catena. 108155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108155
Chris Pratt, Renee Medland, Ali El Hanandeh, Zainab Mahdi, Chengrong Chen, John Vogrin, Peter Zardo 2024 High surface area inorganic minerals show promise in protecting carbon from soil organic amendments. Soil Tillage Research 244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2024.106230.
Sabzoi Nizamuddin, Abdul Jabbar Baloch, Chengrong Chen*, Muhammad Arif, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak 2024 Bio-based plastics, biodegradable plastics, and compostable plastics – biodegradation mechanism, biodegradability standards and environmental stratagem. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 195, 105887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2024.105887
Lingke Guo, Chenchen Qu, Yue Zhou, Yuexi Chen, Peng Cai, Wenli Chen, Chengrong Chen, Qiaoyun Huang 2024 Trade-off between pore-throat structure and mineral composition in modulating the stability of soil organic carbon. Environmental Science and Technology 10.1021/ACS.EST.3C09886
Mingyu Wang; Detian Li; Xiangyu Liu; Chengrong Chen; Frey Beat; Xin Sui, Maihe Li 2024 Global hierarchical meta-analysis to identify the factors for controlling effects of antibiotics on soil microbiota. Environmental International 192, 109038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109038.
Emma J. Mackintosh, Catherine E. Waite, Francis E. Putz, Marion Pfeifer, Chengrong Chen, Zhongming Lan, Sophie Brennan, Andrew R. Marshall 2024 Effects of climate, soil, topography, and disturbance on liana prevalence. Ecology and Evolution (accepted)