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Session Proposal: The Effect of Plant Communities and Their Microbial Associations on Soil Biogeochemistry (AGU25)

B088
The Effect of Plant Communities and Their Microbial Associations on Soil Biogeochemistry

Session ID#: 252770

Session Description:
The structure of plant communities (i.e., the plants’ identities and abundances) can have large effects on soil biogeochemical cycles. These effects can stem from the plant's use of soil resources (water and nutrients), their contribution of detritus and SOM (through the quality and quantity of their leaf litter, fine roots, and root exudates), and their associations with soil microbial communities (beneficial associations with mutualists or antagonistic associations with pathogens). Of these, how plant-microbial associations affect soil biogeochemistry is arguably the least explored. In this session, we welcome all presentations that link plant communities to soil biogeochemical cycling, especially those considering plant interactions with symbiotic organisms (mycorrhizal fungi, N-fixing bacteria) and non-symbiotic free-living microbes.
Index Terms:

0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0469 Nitrogen cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0486 Soils/pedology [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
Primary Convener:  Caitlin Hicks Pries, Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences, Hanover, United States
Convener:  Richard P Phillips, Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Amelia Fitch, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
 
Root-Secreted Reductants Enhance Soil Phosphorus Bioavailability (1881601)
Christopher J Schuler and Darcy McRose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
Human Redistribution of Nitrogen Fixation Across the Terrestrial Biosphere and Consequences for Earth System Models (Invited) (1932243)
Carla Roberta Reis Ely, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, United States, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, Steven Perakis, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, United States, Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States, Duncan Menge, Columbia University, New York, United States, Sasha Reed, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, United States, Benton Taylor, Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, United States, Sarah Batterman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States, Timothy Crews, The Land Institute, Salina, KS, United States, Katherine A Dynarski, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Burlington, United States, Maria Gabriela Gei, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Minneapolis, United States, Michael Gundale, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden, David Herridge, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, Sarah Jovan, USDA Forest Service, Portland, United States, Mark Bernard Peoples, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australia, Johannes Piipponen, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain, Verity G Salmon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, Fiona Soper, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Anika Staccone, Earthshot Labs, Sebastopol, United States, Bettina Weber, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Christopher A Williams, Clark University, Worcester, United States and Nina Wurzburger, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
 
Fungivorous protists as natural suppressors of Fusarium solani in diverse soil ecosystems (1932618)
Mayu Fujino and Rasit Asiloglu, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
 
Manganese Content and Speciation Across Pine Barrens Soil Profiles with Varying Vegetation (1952028)
Isabel Wasserman1, Rixiang Huang2 and Shyrill Mae Mariano2, (1)Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, (2)University at Albany State University of New York, Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Albany, United States
 
How do different plant functional types affect soil organic carbon sequestration in particulate and mineral-associated fractions? Insights from a long-term experiment. (Invited) (1954875)
Vidya Suseela, Clemson University, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States, Prabhsimran Singh, Clemson University, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson, United States, Jason P Kaye, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, State College, PA, United States and Brosi Bradley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, United States
 
Biogeochemistry across a Mycorrhizal Gradient in a Northeastern Temperate Forest (1964842)
Aria Carreras Pereira1, Marisol Ramirez-Buckles2, Maya Gollerkeri2, Duncan Menge3 and Summer Research Institute Undergraduate Fellows, (1)Columbia University, New York, NY, UNITED STATES, (2)Barnard College, New York, United States, (3)Columbia University, New York, United States
 
pH-Dependent PFAS Uptake in Plants Linked to Microbial and Phosphorus Dynamics (1976283)
Qiuen Yu1, Shan Huang1 and Peter R Jaffe2, (1)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States
 
Effects of Agricultural Management practices on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) in the Rhizosphere of Dryland Systems (1980766)
Larissa Watkins, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, United States, Suelen Sousa, University of Sao Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Soil & Crop Science, Sao Paulo, United States, Paul Delaune, University of Arkansas, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Fayetteville, United States, Terry J Gentry, Texas A&M University, Soil and Crop Sciences, College Station, TX, United States and Katie Lewis, Texas A&M University, Soil & Crop Science, Lubbock, United States
 
Plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere and detritusphere mediate soil organic matter dynamics under drought (1984059)
Linnea K Honeker1, Noah Sokol2, Megan M Foley3, Steven Blazewicz4, Nicole Didonato5, Ljiljana Paša-Tolić6, William Kew6, Katerina Estera-Molina7,8, Mary K Firestone9, Alex Greenlon7, Bruce A Hungate10 and Jennifer Pett-Ridge1, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (6)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (7)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (8)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (9)Univ California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (10)Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, United States
 
Unraveling Rhizosphere Microbial Structure in an Unusually Productive Tundra Ecosystem of North Greenland (1986229)
Mincheol Kim, Nu Ri Myeong, Ji Young Jung and Su Jeong Jeong, Korea Polar Research Institute, Division of Life Sciences, Incheon, South Korea
 
Long-Term Fertilization Shapes Microbiomes to Promote Legume Growth but Degrades Rhizobial Symbiotic Efficiency. (1988957)
Danyang Duan and Angela Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Urbana, United States
 
Investigating the role of mycorrhizal fungi in carbon management after a timber harvest (1989789)
Matthew Monroe, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, Mackenzie Liu, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States and Caitlin Hicks Pries, Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences, Hanover, United States
 
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Restructure Plant-Soil Interactions to Enhance Soil Function Under Drought (1995801)
Sneha P Couvillion1, Damon Leach2, Whitney Garcia1, Sheryl L Bell2, Alina Vulcan1, Madison Vincent1, Margarita Arrambidez2, Rachel Berner2, Priscila Lalli2, Evan Warburton2, Meagan Burnet2, Josie Eder2 and Javier Flores2, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Sequim, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Richland, United States
 
Long-term nitrogen enrichment decreases the role of mineral-associated carbon in surface and subsurface soils (1998202)
Amelia Fitch1, Robbie McGaw1, Julie C Pett-Ridge2, Aubree Cobos1, Steven Perakis3 and Scott Kiel4, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Corvallis, United States, (3)Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, United States, (4)USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, United States
 
Topographic position and dominant tree mycorrhizal composition independently shape soil properties in temperate forests of Southern Indiana (2000401)
Insu Jo, Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, United States, Elaine Hoffman, Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, United States, Richard P Phillips, Indiana University, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN, United States and Marisa Magana-Nugent, Indiana DNR, Division of Forestry, Brownstown, United States
 
Do high nitrogen use efficiency maize modulate the rhizosphere microbial community? (2004105)
Holly Loper, Maude Faghihinia, Samuel Sterinbach and Larry Halverson, Iowa State University, Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Ames, United States
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