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Kyle  Mason-Jones's picture

Dr. Kyle Mason-Jones

Postdoc

Terrestrial Ecology


Research expertise
  • Nutrient cycling
  • Soil biochemistry
  • Soil ecology
  • Soil organic matter
  • Stable isotope probing

  • Page last updated: 01-11-2019

    • CV
    • Projects
    • Key publications

    I am interested in microbial transformations of organic carbon and plant nutrients in soil, what governs these processes, and how they might be manipulated to benefit sustainable agriculture. At NIOO I investigate how different agricultural management practices affect and are affected by soil communities. My background is in chemistry, biochemistry and sustainability science, with PhD research in soil organic matter dynamics (and priming effects, in particular).

    CV in brief

    Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Position: Post doctoral research

    Project: Vital Soils for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture

    Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Goettingen, Germany

    Position: PhD candidate, 2015-2018

    Thesis title: Microbial response to glucose: mechanisms for soil organic matter decomposition and nutrient mobilisation in the early stages of rhizosphere priming

    Supervisors: Michaela A. Dippold and Yakov Kuzyakov

    The Green House, Cape Town, South Africa

    Position: Sustainability consultant and senior sustainability consultant, 2010 - 2014

    Roles: Performing and supervising desktop and primary environmental and sustainability research for clients in industry, agriculture, government and NGO sectors

    Links

    • ORCID
    • ResearchGate

    Vital Soils for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture

    Ma, X., Mason-Jones, K., Liu, Y., Blagodatskaya, E., Kuzyakov, Y., Guber, A., Dippold, M.A., Razavi, B., 2019. Coupling zymography with pH mapping reveals a shift in lupine phosphorus acquisition strategy driven by cluster roots. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 420-428.

     

    Tian, P., Mason-Jones, K., Liu, S., Wang, Q., Sun, T. 2019. Form of nitrogen deposition affects soil organic matter priming by glucose and cellulose. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 55, 383–391.

     

    Mason-Jones, K., Banfield, C.C., Dippold, M.A., 2019. Compound-specific 13C stable isotope probing confirms synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate by soil bacteria. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 33, 795-802.

     

    Kuzyakov, Y., Mason-Jones, K., 2018. Viruses in soil: Nano-scale undead drivers of microbial life, biogeochemical
    turnover and ecosystem functions
    . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 127, 305-317.

     

    Mason-Jones, K., Schmücker, N., Kuzyakov, Y. 2018. Contrasting effects of organic and mineral nitrogen challenge the N-Mining Hypothesis for soil organic matter priming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 124, 38-46.

    Open data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1131349

     

    Ahmed, M. A., Sanaullah, M., Blagodatskaya, E., Mason-Jones, K., Kuzyakov, Y., Dippold, M.A. 2018. Soil microorganisms exhibit enzymatic and priming response to root mucilage under drought. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 116, 410-418.

     

    Mason-Jones, K. and Kuzyakov, Y. 2017. “Non-metabolizable” glucose analogue shines new light on priming mechanisms: Triggering of microbial metabolism. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 68-76.

    Open data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1146786

     

    Mason-Jones, K., Gilmullina, A. and Kuzyakov, Y. 2017. Mineralization of ‘‘non-metabolizable’’ glucose analogues in soil: potential chemosensory mimics of glucose. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 180, 165-168.

    Contact

    +31 (0)317 473 580

    Droevendaalsesteeg 10
    6708 PB Wageningen 
    +31 (0)317 47 34 00

    Postbus 50 
    6700 AB Wageningen

    K.MasonJones@nioo.knaw.nl

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