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Evgenia Blagodatskaya is a researcher affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their work focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Soil Science, Ecology, and Plant Science at the subfield level.

The main research topics covered by Evgenia Blagodatskaya include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Blagodatskaya's research contributions. These include:

  • "Impact of manure on soil biochemical properties: A global synthesis" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks" (2022) published in Functional Ecology
  • "Strong priming of soil organic matter induced by frequent input of labile carbon" (2020) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Management of grasslands by mowing versus grazing - impacts on soil organic matter quality and microbial functioning" (2020) published in Applied Soil Ecology
  • "Composition and metabolism of microbial communities in soil pores" (2024) published in Nature Communications

Blagodatskaya has authored numerous publications in specific scientific journals, with particularly frequent contributions to:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Global Change Biology

This researcher collaborates widely, with frequent coauthors including Yakov Kuzyakov, Thomas Reitz, Mika Tarkka, Michaela A. Dippold, and Bahar S. Razavi. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with experts working in related areas of environmental and soil sciences.

Best Publications

  • Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review

    Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya

  • Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

    Ruirui Chen;Ruirui Chen;Mehmet Senbayram;Mehmet Senbayram;Sergey Blagodatsky;Sergey Blagodatsky;Olga Myachina

  • Active microorganisms in soil: Critical review of estimation criteria and approaches

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Priming effects in chernozem induced by glucose and N in relation to microbial growth strategies

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergeij A. Blagodatsky;Traute-Heidi Anderson;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Interactive effects of pH and substrate quality on the fungal-to-bacterial ratio and QCO2 of microbial communities in forest soils

    Evgenia V. Blagodatskaya;Traute-Heidi Anderson

  • Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter is mediated by quality and quantity of crop residues: mechanisms and thresholds

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Yakov Kuzyakov;Muhammad Sanaullah;Felix Heitkamp

  • Biochar affects soil organic matter cycling and microbial functions but does not alter microbial community structure in a paddy soil.

    Jing Tian;Jingyuan Wang;Michaela Dippold;Yang Gao

  • Drought effects on microbial biomass and enzyme activities in the rhizosphere of grasses depend on plant community composition

    Muhammad Sanaullah;Muhammad Sanaullah;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Abad Chabbi;Abad Chabbi;Cornelia Rumpel

  • Contrasting effects of glucose, living roots and maize straw on microbial growth kinetics and substrate availability in soil.

    E. V. Blagodatskaya;S. A. Blagodatsky;T.-H. Anderson;Y. Kuzyakov

  • Stimulation of microbial extracellular enzyme activities by elevated CO2 depends on soil aggregate size

    Maxim Dorodnikov;Maxim Dorodnikov;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey A. Blagodatsky;Sven Marhan

  • Model of apparent and real priming effects: Linking microbial activity with soil organic matter decomposition

    Sergey Blagodatsky;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Tatyana Yuyukina;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Labile carbon retention compensates for CO2 released by priming in forest soils

    Na Qiao;Na Qiao;Douglas Schaefer;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Xiaoming Zou;Xiaoming Zou

  • Microbial Growth and Carbon Use Efficiency in the Rhizosphere and Root-Free Soil

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergeij A. Blagodatsky;Traute-Heidi Anderson;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Effects of polyacrylamide, biopolymer, and biochar on decomposition of soil organic matter and plant residues as determined by 14C and enzyme activities

    Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Yong Sik Ok;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Turnover of soil organic matter and of microbial biomass under C3–C4 vegetation change: Consideration of 13C fractionation and preferential substrate utilization

    E. Blagodatskaya;E. Blagodatskaya;T. Yuyukina;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;Y. Kuzyakov

  • Review and synthesis of the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil processes: No changes in pools, but increased fluxes and accelerated cycles

    Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;William R. Horwath;Maxim Dorodnikov;Evgenia Blagodatskaya

  • Microbial interactions affect sources of priming induced by cellulose

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Nikita Khomyakov;Olga Myachina;Irina Bogomolova

  • Rhizosphere shape of lentil and maize : Spatial distribution of enzyme activities

    Bahar S. Razavi;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases microbial growth rates in soil: results of three CO2 enrichment experiments

    Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Evgenia Blagodatskaya;Sergey Blagodatsky;Maxim Dorodnikov;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Impact of manure on soil biochemical properties: A global synthesis

    Shibin Liu;Jinyang Wang;Shengyan Pu;Evgenia Blagodatskaya

  • Three-source-partitioning of microbial biomass and of CO2 efflux from soil to evaluate mechanisms of priming effects

    E. Blagodatskaya;E. Blagodatskaya;T. Yuyukina;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;S. Blagodatsky;Y. Kuzyakov

Frequent Co-Authors

Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Sergey Blagodatsky
Sergey Blagodatsky University of Hohenheim
Johanna Pausch
Johanna Pausch University of Bayreuth
Muhammad Shahbaz
Muhammad Shahbaz Beijing Institute of Technology
Alexandra Kravchenko
Alexandra Kravchenko Michigan State University
Xingliang Xu
Xingliang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guirui Yu
Guirui Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cornelia Rumpel
Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Klaus Dittert
Klaus Dittert University of Göttingen
Mutez Ali Ahmed
Mutez Ali Ahmed Technical University of Munich

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