The legume Alhagi sparsifolia strengthens associations among soil microbial carbon- and nitrogen-related functional genes under drought stress: A metagenomic analysis - Jingming Yan; Zhihao Zhang; Waqar Islam; Xinping Dong; Mengfei Cong; Guangxing Zhao; Yanju Gao; Fanjiang Zeng (Applied Soil Ecology, 2026)

Microbial carbon-cycling processes drives soil organic carbon accumulation during afforestation in hyper-arid regions - Xinping Dong; Yanju Gao; Akash Tariq; Corina Graciano; Zhihao Zhang; Mengfei Cong; Guangxing Zhao; Taotao Wang; Weiqi Wang; Jordi Sardans; Josep Peñuelas; Fanjiang Zeng (Applied Soil Ecology, 2026)

Microbial drivers of soil organic carbon formation from aboveground residue decomposition in desert ecosystems - Mengfei Cong; Zhihao Zhang; Akash Tariq; Corina Graciano; Jordi Sardans; Weiqi Wang; Yanju Gao; Xinping Dong; Guangxing Zhao; Jingming Yan; Josep Peñuelas; Fanjiang Zeng (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)

The importance of fungal necromass in soil organic carbon: Insights from elevation gradients in arid regions - Mengfei Cong; Zhihao Zhang; Guangxing Zhao; Xinping Dong; Yan Lu; Lei Li; Yang Hu; Weiqi Wang; Zhaobin Mu; Akash Tariq; Jordi Sardans; Josep Peñuelas; et al. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2025)