# Microbially mediated mechanisms underlie soil carbon accrual by conservation agriculture under decade-long warming

*PRI Rank #14 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #14 |
| 18m citations | 84 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-023-44647-4 |
| Corresponding authors | Jing Tian, Fusuo Zhang, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Jizhong Zhou |
| Institution | China Agricultural University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/microbial-community-ecology-and-physiology/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41467-023-44647-4](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44647-4)

## Topics

Soil organic carbon · conservation agriculture · no tillage · crop residue management · Warming effects · wheat-maize cropping system · Microbial carbon use efficiency · fungal community temporal turnover · fungal necromass · microbial decomposition · carbon inputs from crops · structural equation models · SOC persistence · microbial growth · fungal community composition · management-climate interactions · Soil organic carbon formation · conventional tillage · Long-term field experiment

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