Under Review

 

​​1. Yi, B., Lu, C., Huang, W., … Hall, S. J. Decomposability and determinants of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon across the contiguous US (Under Revision in One Earth)

2. Yi, B., Zhang, Q., … Di, H. Biochar stimulates nitrogen loss in anoxic soil through ammonium oxidation coupled with iron reduction (Under review in Geoderma)

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Published Journal Papers

 

​​​​​Yu, W., Huang, W., Hammel, K. E., Li, Y., Zhang, S., Yi, B., ... & Hall, S. J. (2025). Microbial taxa and interactions can predict lignin mineralization in soil at continental scale. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 109763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109763

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He, Q., Lu, C., Cowie, A., Zhao, S., Liu, D., Yi, B., … & Li, L. (2025). Optimizing cover cropping application for sustainable crop production. npj Sustainable Agriculture. 3, 10 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00050-8

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Yi, B#., Huang, W#., Liebman, M., … & Hall, S. J. (2025) Diversified cropping systems with limited carbon accrual but increased nitrogen supply. Nature Sustainability,1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01495-4 (#contributed equally)

          View research story behind the paper in Springer Nature Research Communities​​

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​​Cao, P#., Yi, B#., Bilotto, F., Fischer C., Herrero M., Lu, C. "Crop-specific Management History of Phosphorus Fertilizer Input (CMH-P) in the Croplands of United States: Reconciliation of Top-down and Bottom-up data Sources" Earth System Science Data, 16, 4557–4572. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4557-2024.  (#contributed equally)

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Yi, B., Lu, C., Huang, W., Yu, W., Yang, J., Howe, A., ... & Hall, S. J. (2023). Resolving the influence of lignin on soil organic matter decomposition with mechanistic models and continental‐scale data. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16875

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Huang, W., Yu, W., Yi, B., Raman, E., Yang, J., Hammel, K. E., ... & Hall, S. J. (2023). Contrasting geochemical and fungal controls on decomposition of lignin and soil carbon at continental scale. Nature Communications, 14(1), 2227. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37862-6

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Lu, C., Zhang, J., Yi, B., … & Tian, H. (2023). Riverine nitrogen footprint of agriculture in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin: Do we trade water quality for crop production? Environmental Research Letters, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0128

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Wang, H., Li, J., Zhang, Q., Liu, J., Yi, B., Li, Y., Wang, J. and Di, H., 2019. Grazing and enclosure alter the vertical distribution of organic nitrogen pools and bacterial communities in semiarid grassland soils. Plant and Soil, 439, pp.525-539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04045-6

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Yi, B., Wang, H., Zhang, Q., Jin, Hua., Abbas, T., Li, Y., Liu, Y., and Di, H. Alteration of gaseous nitrogen losses via anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with ferric reduction from paddy soils in Southern China. Science of the Total Environment 652 (2019): 1139-1147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.195

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Yi, B., Zhang, Q., Gu, C., Li J., Abbas, T., and Di, H. Effects of different fertilization regimes on nitrogen and phosphorus losses by surface runoff and bacterial community in a vegetable soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments 18 (2018): 3186-3196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-018-1991-6

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Zou, X., Yi, B., Zhang, Q., Di, H. Effects of long-term fertilization on the microbial community structure and the population of N cycle-related functional microorganism in paddy soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers, 2020, 26(12): 2158-2167. doi: 10.11674/zwyf.20418

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Policy Reports

Process-based Agroecosystem Models for Predicting Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics. Lu, C. S. Archontoulis, J. Jordahl, R. Magala, F. Miguez, L. Schulte Moore, A. VanLoocke, B. Yi, J. Zhang. in Schulte Moore L, Jordahl J, editors. Carbon Science for Carbon Markets: Emerging Opportunities in Iowa. https://store. extension. iastate. edu/product/16214 (2022)

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Textbook

Zhang, Q et al., Anaerobic Nitrogen Cycling in Paddy Soil and Involved Microbial Community. 2023 (In Chinese, one out of twelve of the Editorial Board members)