Teatime for Triticum: (how) can the presence of plants slow down decomposition?
Jennifer Michel, Alice Quenon, Mayliss Persyn, Anna Xayphrarath, Adrien Blum, Vincent Leemans, Da Cao, Sara Sánchez-Moreno, Hervé Vanderschuren, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Markus Weinmann, Jordi Moya‐Laraño, Pierre Delaplace
This study examines how winter wheat affects decomposition rates in soils under different climates, finding that plant presence reduces decomposition due to resource competition with microbes.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2026 · PreprintEcology