Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, D-14195 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, D-14195 Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Trends Plant Sci. 2018 Jan;23(1):17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.10.003. Epub 2017 Nov 13.
Our knowledge of soil biodiversity in agriculture in general is currently increasing rapidly. However, almost all studies have stopped with the quantification of soil biodiversity effects on crops at harvest time, ignoring subsequent processes along the agrifood chain until food arrives on our plates. Here we develop a conceptual framework for the study of such postharvest effects. We present the main mechanisms (direct and indirect) via which soil biodiversity can influence crop quality aspects and give examples of how effects at harvest time may become attenuated through postharvest operations and how biodiversity may also affect some of these operations (i.e., storage) themselves. Future research with a broader focus has the potential to unveil how soil biodiversity may benefit from what ends up on our forks.
目前，我们对农业土壤生物多样性的了解正在迅速增加。然而，几乎所有的研究都止步于量化土壤生物多样性对收获期作物的影响，而忽略了农业食品链中直到食物到达我们盘子之前的后续过程。在这里，我们为研究这种收获后效应开发了一个概念框架。我们提出了土壤生物多样性影响作物质量方面的主要机制（直接和间接），并举例说明了收获时的效应如何通过收获后操作而减弱，以及生物多样性如何也影响这些操作（即储存）本身。具有更广泛重点的未来研究有可能揭示土壤生物多样性如何从我们叉子上的东西中受益。
