doi:10.48130/bpr-0026-0005

[1]

Fan L, Han W. 2020. Soil respiration after forest conversion to tea gardens: a chronosequence study. CATENA 190:104532

doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104532

[2]

Yan P, Shen C, Fan L, Li X, Zhang L, et al. 2018. Tea planting affects soil acidification and nitrogen and phosphorus distribution in soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 254:20−25

doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.11.015

[3]

Yan P, Wu L, Wang D, Fu J, Shen C, et al. 2020. Soil acidification in Chinese tea plantations. Science of the Total Environment 715:136963

doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136963

[4]

Zeng L, Zhou X, Liao Y, Yang Z. 2021. Roles of specialized metabolites in biological function and environmental adaptability of tea plant (Camellia sinensis) as a metabolite studying model. Journal of Advanced Research 34:159−171

doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.11.004

[5]

Tongsiri P, Tseng WY, Shen Y, Lai HY. 2020. Comparison of soil properties and organic components in infusions according to different aerial appearances of tea plantations in central Taiwan. Sustainability 12:4384

doi: 10.3390/su12114384

[6]

Maguire VG, Bordenave CD, Nieva AS, Llames ME, Colavolpe MB, et al. 2020. Soil bacterial and fungal community structure of a rice monoculture and rice-pasture rotation systems. Applied Soil Ecology 151:103535

doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103535

[7]

Gui H, Fan L, Wang D, Yan P, Li X, et al. 2022. Variations in soil nutrient dynamics and bacterial communities after the conversion of forests to long-term tea monoculture systems. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:896530

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.896530

[8]

Bag S, Mondal A, Banik A. 2022. Exploring tea (Camellia sinensis) microbiome: insights into the functional characteristics and their impact on tea growth promotion. Microbiological Research 254:126890

doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2021.126890

[9]

Tang W, Xin W, Xu T, Yang Z. 2025. Tea plant microorganisms in the improvement of tea quality. Trends in Microbiology 33:11−14

doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.10.005

[10]

Mondal S, Karande M, Srivastava S, Sharma A, Sharma S, et al. 2025. Unravelling the microbiome perspective to variations in tea metabolome. Industrial Crops and Products 223:120129

doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.120129

[11]

Chen Y, Fu W, Xiao H, Zhai Y, Luo Y, et al. 2023. A review on rhizosphere microbiota of tea plant (Camellia sinensis L): recent insights and future perspectives. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 71:19165−19188

doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c02423

[12]

Wang X, Liang C, Dini-Andreote F, Zhou S, Jiang Y. 2025. Impacts of trophic interactions on carbon accrual in soils. Trends in Microbiology 33:277−284

doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.10.009

[13]

Angst G, Potapov A, Joly FX, Angst Š, Frouz J, et al. 2024. Conceptualizing soil fauna effects on labile and stabilized soil organic matter. Nature Communications 15:5005

doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49240-x

[14]

Du L, Zheng Z, Li T, Wang Y, Huang H, et al. 2022. Variations of fungal communities within the soils of different tea varieties (Camellia sinensis L.) following long-term plantation. Plant and Soil 477:665−677

doi: 10.1007/s11104-022-05456-8

[15]

Sun L, Dong X, Wang Y, Maker G, Agarwal M, et al. 2022. Tea-soybean intercropping improves tea quality and nutrition uptake by inducing changes of rhizosphere bacterial communities. Microorganisms 10:2149

doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10112149

[16]

Wang Q, Xin Y, Yang K, Wang S, Yu Z, et al. 2025. Differential impacts of lime and nitrogen amendment on nitrification, ammonia oxidizers, nitrite oxidizers, and bacterial communities in two acidic soils. Applied Soil Ecology 206:105890

doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.105890

[17]

Schniete JK, Fernández-Martínez LT. 2024. Natural product discovery in soil actinomycetes: unlocking their potential within an ecological context. Current Opinion in Microbiology 79:102487

doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102487

[18]

Kielak AM, Cipriano MAP, Kuramae EE. 2016. Acidobacteria strains from subdivision 1 act as plant growth-promoting bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 198:987−993

doi: 10.1007/s00203-016-1260-2

[19]

Kalam S, Basu A, Ahmad I, Sayyed RZ, Ali El-Enshasy H, et al. 2020. Recent understanding of soil acidobacteria and their ecological significance: a critical review. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:580024

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.580024

[20]

Ye J, Wang Y, Lin S, Wang Y, Chen P, et al. 2023. Metabolomics analysis of the effect of acidification on rhizosphere soil microecosystem of tea tree. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1137465

doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1137465

[21]

Zhang G, Chu X, Zhu H, Zou D, Li L, et al. 2021. The response of soil nutrients and microbial community structures in long-term tea plantations and diverse agroforestry intercropping systems. Sustainability 13:7799

doi: 10.3390/su13147799

[22]

Gonçalves OS, Fernandes AS, Tupy SM, Ferreira TG, Almeida LN, et al. 2024. Insights into plant interactions and the biogeochemical role of the globally widespread Acidobacteriota Phylum. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 192:109369

doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109369

[23]

Xin W, Zhang J, Yu Y, Tian Y, Li H, et al. 2024. Root microbiota of tea plants regulate nitrogen homeostasis and theanine synthesis to influence tea quality. Current Biology 34:868−880.e6

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.044

[24]

Jibola-Shittu MY, Heng Z, Keyhani NO, Dang Y, Chen R, et al. 2024. Understanding and exploring the diversity of soil microorganisms in tea (Camellia sinensis) gardens: toward sustainable tea production. Frontiers in Microbiology 15:1379879

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1379879

[25]

Egidi E, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Plett JM, Wang J, Eldridge DJ, et al. 2019. A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide. Nature Communications 10:2369

doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10373-z

[26]

Kui L, Xiang G, Wang Y, Wang Z, Li G, et al. 2021. Large-scale characterization of the soil microbiome in ancient tea plantations using high-throughput 16S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer amplicon sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:745225

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.745225

[27]

Wang S, Tang L, Ye S. 2021. Dynamics of soil bacterial community diversity and composition at aggregate scales in a chronosequence of tea gardens. CATENA 206:105486

doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105486

[28]

Zhang Z, Ge S, Fan LC, Guo S, Hu Q, et al. 2022. Diversity in rhizospheric microbial communities in tea varieties at different locations and tapping potential beneficial microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:1027444

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1027444

[29]

Ge S, Zhang Z, Hu Q, Wang Q, Gong X, et al. 2025. Metabolomics analysis reveals crucial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the metabolism of quality compounds in shoots and roots of Camellia sinensis L. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 219:109426

doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.109426

[30]

Williamson KE, Fuhrmann JJ, Wommack KE, Radosevich M. 2017. Viruses in soil ecosystems: an unknown quantity within an unexplored territory. Annual Review of Virology 4:201−219

doi: 10.1146/annurev-virology-101416-041639

[31]

Idris AL, Fan X, Muhammad MH, Guo Y, Guan X, et al. 2020. Ecologically controlling insect and mite pests of tea plants with microbial pesticides: a review. Archives of Microbiology 202:1275−1284

doi: 10.1007/s00203-020-01862-7

[32]

Jia X, Lin S, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Jia M, et al. 2024. Recruitment and aggregation capacity of tea trees to rhizosphere soil characteristic bacteria affects the quality of tea leaves. Plants 13:1686

doi: 10.3390/plants13121686

[33]

Wu T, Liu W, Wang D, Zou Y, Lin R, et al. 2020. Organic management improves soil phosphorus availability and microbial properties in a tea plantation after land conversion from Longan (Dimocarpus longan). Applied Soil Ecology 154:103642

doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103642

[34]

Huang X, Zheng Y, Li P, Cui J, Sui P, et al. 2023. Organic management increases beneficial microorganisms and promotes the stability of microecological networks in tea plantation soil. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1237842

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1237842

[35]

Yang X, Huang X, Hu X, Cheng X, Luo Y. 2024. Changes in rhizosphere and bulk soil microbial communities of tableland tea garden and ancient tea plantation in southwest China. Agronomy 14:1388

doi: 10.3390/agronomy14071388

[36]

Hayden HL, Mele PM, Bougoure DS, Allan CY, Norng S, et al. 2012. Changes in the microbial community structure of bacteria, Archaea and fungi in response to elevated CO₂ and warming in an Australian native grassland soil. Environmental Microbiology 14:3081−3096

doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02855.x

[37]

Hueso S, García C, Hernández T. 2012. Severe drought conditions modify the microbial community structure, size and activity in amended and unamended soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 50:167−173

doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.026

[38]

Wang H, Yang JP, Yang SH, Yang ZC, Lv YM. 2014. Effect of a 10 °C-elevated temperature under different water contents on the microbial community in a tea orchard soil. European Journal of Soil Biology 62:113−120

doi: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2014.03.005

[39]

Ren X, Lin M, Liu J, Khan W, Zhao H, et al. 2025. Effects of altitude on tea composition: dual regulation by soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities. Plants 14:1642

doi: 10.3390/plants14111642

[40]

Liu D, Liu G, Chen L, Wang J, Zhang L. 2018. Soil pH determines fungal diversity along an elevation gradient in Southwestern China. Science China Life Sciences 61:718−726

doi: 10.1007/s11427-017-9200-1

[41]

Zhang Y, Wang B, Wang G, Zheng Z, Chen Y, et al. 2024. Acidification induce chemical and microbial variation in tea plantation soils and bacterial degradation of the key acidifying phenolic acids. Archives of Microbiology 206:239

doi: 10.1007/s00203-024-03858-z

[42]

Fierer N, Lauber CL, Ramirez KS, Zaneveld J, Bradford MA, et al. 2012. Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients. The ISME Journal 6:1007−1017

doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.159

[43]

Luan L, Jiang Y, Dini-Andreote F, Crowther TW, Li P, et al. 2023. Integrating pH into the metabolic theory of ecology to predict bacterial diversity in soil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120:e2207832120

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2207832120

[44]

Chen YP, Tsai CF, Rekha PD, Ghate SD, Huang HY, et al. 2021. Agricultural management practices influence the soil enzyme activity and bacterial community structure in tea plantations. Botanical Studies 62:8

doi: 10.1186/s40529-021-00314-9

[45]

Gu S, Hu Q, Cheng Y, Bai L, Liu Z, et al. 2019. Application of organic fertilizer improves microbial community diversity and alters microbial network structure in tea (Camellia sinensis) plantation soils. Soil and Tillage Research 195:104356

doi: 10.1016/j.still.2019.104356

[46]

Shu X, He J, Zhou Z, Xia L, Hu Y, et al. 2022. Organic amendments enhance soil microbial diversity, microbial functionality and crop yields: a meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment 829:154627

doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154627

[47]

Jahan I, Shopan J, Rahman MM, Sarkar A, Baset MA, et al. 2022. Long-term traditional fertilization alters tea garden soil properties and tea leaf quality in Bangladesh. Agronomy 12:2128

doi: 10.3390/agronomy12092128

[48]

Arafat Y, Ud Din I, Tayyab M, Jiang Y, Chen T, et al. 2020. Soil sickness in aged tea plantation is associated with a shift in microbial communities as a result of plant polyphenol accumulation in the tea gardens. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:601

doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00601

[49]

Li YC, Li Z, Li ZW, Jiang YH, Weng BQ, et al. 2016. Variations of rhizosphere bacterial communities in tea (Camellia sinensis L.) continuous cropping soil by high-throughput pyrosequencing approach. Journal of Applied Microbiology 121:787−799

doi: 10.1111/jam.13225

[50]

Arafat Y, Tayyab M, Khan MU, Chen T, Amjad H, et al. 2019. Long-term monoculture negatively regulates fungal community composition and abundance of tea orchards. Agronomy 9:466

doi: 10.3390/agronomy9080466

[51]

Mortimer PE, Gui H, Xu J, Zhang C, Barrios E, et al. 2015. Alder trees enhance crop productivity and soil microbial biomass in tea plantations. Applied Soil Ecology 96:25−32

doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.05.012

[52]

Huang Z, Cui C, Cao Y, Dai J, Cheng X, et al. 2022. Tea plant-legume intercropping simultaneously improves soil fertility and tea quality by changing Bacillus species composition. Horticulture Research 9:uhac046

doi: 10.1093/hr/uhac046

[53]

Che R, Qin J, Tahmasbian I, Wang F, Zhou S, et al. 2018. Litter amendment rather than phosphorus can dramatically change inorganic nitrogen pools in a degraded grassland soil by affecting nitrogen-cycling microbes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 120:145−152

doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.02.006

[54]

Marcos MS, Bertiller MB, Cisneros HS, Olivera NL. 2016. Nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria shift in response to soil moisture and plant litter quality in arid soils from the Patagonian Monte. Pedobiologia 59:1−10

doi: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.11.002

[55]

Jiang Y, Lin X, Umar Khan M, Jiang W, Xu Y, et al. 2023. Tea pruning for the umbrella-shaped canopy can alleviate rhizosphere soil degradation and improve the ecosystem functioning of tea orchards. CATENA 222:106885

doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106885

[56]

Ji C, Li S, Geng Y, Yuan Y, Zhi J, et al. 2020. Decreased N₂O and NO emissions associated with stimulated denitrification following biochar amendment in subtropical tea plantations. Geoderma 365:114223

doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114223

[57]

Sorongpong S, Debnath S, Rahi P, Bera B, Pandey P. 2025. Sustainable tea cultivation with a rhizobacterial consortium: a microbiome-driven alternative to chemical fertilizers. Microorganisms 13:1715

doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13081715

[58]

Dutta J, Handique PJ, Thakur D. 2015. Assessment of culturable tea rhizobacteria isolated from tea estates of Assam, India for growth promotion in commercial tea cultivars. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1252

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01252

[59]

Liu H, Chen GH, Sun JJ, Chen S, Fang Y, et al. 2022. Isolation, characterization, and tea growth-promoting analysis of JW-CZ2, a bacterium with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase activity isolated from the rhizosphere soils of tea plants. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:792876

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.792876

[60]

Chen M, Kong X, Zhang Y, Wang S, Zhou H, et al. 2022. Metabolomic profiling in combination with data association analysis provide insights about potential metabolic regulation networks among non-volatile and volatile metabolites in Camellia sinensis cv baijiguan. Plants 11:2557

doi: 10.3390/plants11192557

[61]

Shao YD, Zhang DJ, Hu XC, Wu QS, Jiang CJ, et al. 2019. Arbuscular mycorrhiza improves leaf food quality of tea plants. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 47:608−614

doi: 10.15835/nbha47311434

[62]

Huang X, Tang Q, Li Q, Lin H, Li J, et al. 2022. Integrative analysis of transcriptome and metabolome reveals the mechanism of foliar application of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens to improve summer tea quality (Camellia sinensis). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 185:302−313

doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.06.016

[63]

Gong S, Zhang T, Guo J. 2019. Warming and nitrogen addition change the soil and soil microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometry of a meadow steppe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16:2705

doi: 10.3390/ijerph16152705

[64]

Crowther TW, van den Hoogen J, Wan J, Mayes MA, Keiser AD, et al. 2019. The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry. Science 365:eaav0550

doi: 10.1126/science.aav0550

[65]

Pramanik P, Phukan M. 2020. Enhanced microbial respiration due to carbon sequestration in pruning litter incorporated soil reduced the net carbon dioxide flux from atmosphere to tea ecosystem. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 100:295−300

doi: 10.1002/jsfa.10038

[66]

Yang Y, Wang H, Li C, Liu H, Fang X, et al. 2024. Identification of the soil physicochemical and bacterial indicators for soil organic carbon and nitrogen transformation under the wheat straw returning. PLoS One 19:e0299054

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299054

[67]

Schulte CCM, Borah K, Wheatley RM, Terpolilli JJ, Saalbach G, et al. 2021. Metabolic control of nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium-legume symbioses. Science Advances 7:eabh2433

doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abh2433

[68]

Saghaï A, Pold G, Jones CM, Hallin S. 2023. Phyloecology of nitrate ammonifiers and their importance relative to denitrifiers in global terrestrial biomes. Nature Communications 14:8249

doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44022-3

[69]

Philippot L, Hallin S, Schloter M. 2007. Ecology of denitrifying prokaryotes in agricultural soil. In Advances in Agronomy, ed. Sparks DL. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 249−305 doi: 10.1016/s0065-2113(07)96003-4

[70]

Yahya M, Rasul M, Sarwar Y, Suleman M, Tariq M, et al. 2022. Designing synergistic biostimulants formulation containing autochthonous phosphate-solubilizing bacteria for sustainable wheat production. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:889073

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.889073

[71]

Bindraban PS, Dimkpa CO, Pandey R. 2020. Exploring phosphorus fertilizers and fertilization strategies for improved human and environmental health. Biology and Fertility of Soils 56:299−317

doi: 10.1007/s00374-019-01430-2

[72]

Li JT, Lu JL, Wang HY, Fang Z, Wang XJ, et al. 2021. A comprehensive synthesis unveils the mysteries of phosphate-solubilizing microbes. Biological Reviews 96:2771−2793

doi: 10.1111/brv.12779

[73]

Wang S, Song M, Wang C, Dou X, Wang X, et al. 2023. Mechanisms underlying soil microbial regulation of available phosphorus in a temperate forest exposed to long-term nitrogen addition. Science of the Total Environment 904:166403

doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166403

[74]

Jiang X, Li WW, Han M, Chen G, Wu J, et al. 2022. Aluminum-tolerant, growth-promoting endophytic bacteria as contributors in promoting tea plant growth and alleviating aluminum stress. Tree Physiology 42:1043−1058

doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab159

[75]

Zhang X, Liu L, Luo S, et al. 2023. Research advances in aluminum tolerance and accumulation in tea plant (Camellia sinensis). Beverage Plant Research 3:18

doi: 10.48130/BPR-2023-0018

[76]

He G, Wang X, Liao G, Huang S, Wu J. 2016. Isolation, identification and characterization of two aluminum-tolerant fungi from acidic red soil. Indian Journal of Microbiology 56:344−352

doi: 10.1007/s12088-016-0586-4

[77]

Terry N, Abadía J. 1986. Function of iron in chloroplasts. Journal of Plant Nutrition 9:609−646

doi: 10.1080/01904168609363470

[78]

Marschner P, Crowley D, Rengel Z. 2011. Rhizosphere interactions between microorganisms and plants govern iron and phosphorus acquisition along the root axis–model and research methods. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:883−894

doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.01.005

[79]

Chaudhary S, Sindhu SS. 2025. Iron sensing, signalling and acquisition by microbes and plants under environmental stress: use of iron-solubilizing bacteria in crop biofortification for sustainable agriculture. Plant Science 356:112496

doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2025.112496

[80]

Wang S, Li T, Zheng Z. 2018. Response of soil aggregate-associated microbial and nematode communities to tea plantation age. CATENA 171:475−484

doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.07.041

[81]

Dlamini P, Sekhohola-Dlamini LM, Cowan AK. 2023. Editorial: soil-microbial interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1213834

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1213834

[82]

Or D, Keller T, Schlesinger WH. 2021. Natural and managed soil structure: on the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning. Soil and Tillage Research 208:104912

doi: 10.1016/j.still.2020.104912

[83]

Zhang S, Hu W, Xu Y, Zhong H, Kong Z, et al. 2022. Linking bacterial and fungal assemblages to soil nutrient cycling within different aggregate sizes in agroecosystem. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:1038536

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1038536

[84]

Winker S, Woese CR. 1991. A definition of the domains Archaea, Bacteria and Eucarya in terms of small subunit ribosomal RNA characteristics. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 14:305−310

doi: 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80303-6

[85]

Zhu YG, Shen RF, He JZ, Wang YF, Han XG, et al. 2017. China soil microbiome initiative: progress and perspective. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences 32:554−565,542 (in Chinese)

doi: 10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.2017.06.002

[86]

Ji L, Wang N, Li G, Ai Z, Ye Y, et al. 2026. From soil health to tea flavour: organic fertilisation enhances microbial communities and aroma compounds. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 396:110028

doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2025.110028

[87]

Li M, Hu J, Wei Z, Jousset A, Pommier T, et al. 2024. Synthetic microbial communities: sandbox and blueprint for soil health enhancement. iMeta 3:e172

doi: 10.1002/imt2.172

[88]

Ali Abaker Omer A, Zhang CH, Liu J, Shan ZG. 2025. Comprehensive review of mapping climate change impacts on tea cultivation: bibliometric and content analysis of trends, influences, adaptation strategies, and future directions. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1542793

doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1542793