Nutrient availability is a determining factor for crop yield and quality. While fertilization is a
major approach for improving plant nutrition, its efficacy can be limited and the production …

Background Most plants have a hyphosphere, the thin zone of soil around extraradical
hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which extends beyond the rhizosphere. This …

Plants acquire and recycle nutrients from soil organic matter, and these dynamics depend
on a highly diverse array of microorganisms in the rhizosphere. Although functions of many …

Elevated arsenic (As) in soil is of public concern due to the carcinogenicity. Phosphorus (P)
strongly influences the adsorption, absorption, transport, and transformation of As in the soil …

The spatially heterogeneous distribution of soil nutrients is ubiquitous in terrestrial
ecosystems and has been shown to promote the performance of plant communities …

Soil is a living ecosystem, the health of which depends on fine interactions among its abiotic
and biotic components. These form a delicate equilibrium maintained through a multilayer …

Drought disrupts soil microbial activity and many biogeochemical processes. Although plant-
associated fungi can support plant performance and nutrient cycling during drought, their …

Nonmotile microorganisms often enter new habitats by co-transport with motile
microorganisms. Here, we report that also lytic phages can co-transport with hyphal-riding …

Both plants and their associated arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi require nitrogen (N) for
their metabolism and growth. This can result in both positive and negative effects of AM …

Phosphate is an essential macronutrient for fungal proliferation as well as a key mediator of
antagonistic, beneficial, and pathogenic interactions between fungi and other organisms. In …