Nitrogen loading enhances phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems with implications for soil carbon cycling

M Luo, DL Moorhead, R Ochoa‐Hueso… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increased human‐derived nitrogen (N) loading in terrestrial ecosystems has caused
widespread ecosystem‐level phosphorus (P) limitation. In response, plants and soil micro …

Plant phosphorus-acquisition and-use strategies affect soil carbon cycling

W Ding, WF Cong, H Lambers - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Increased anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition is driving N-limited ecosystems towards
phosphorus (P) limitation. Plants have evolved strategies to respond to P limitation which …

Tradeoffs among root morphology, exudation and mycorrhizal symbioses for phosphorus‐acquisition strategies of 16 crop species

Z Wen, H Li, Q Shen, X Tang, C Xiong, H Li… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant roots exhibit diverse root functional traits to enable soil phosphorus (P) acquisition,
including changes in root morphology, root exudation and mycorrhizal symbioses. Yet …

Root developmental responses to phosphorus nutrition

D Liu - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. Root system
architecture (RSA) affects a plant's ability to obtain phosphate, the major form of phosphorus …

Hidden miners–the roles of cover crops and soil microorganisms in phosphorus cycling through agroecosystems

M Hallama, C Pekrun, H Lambers, E Kandeler - Plant and soil, 2019 - Springer
Background Phosphorus (P) is a limiting nutrient in many agroecosystems and costly
fertilizer inputs can cause negative environmental impacts. Cover crops constitute a …

Phosphate nutrition: improving low-phosphate tolerance in crops

DL López-Arredondo… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient that is required for all major developmental processes
and reproduction in plants. It is also a major constituent of the fertilizers required to sustain …

Plant diversity and overyielding: insights from belowground facilitation of intercropping in agriculture

L Li, D Tilman, H Lambers, FS Zhang - New phytologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite increasing evidence that plant diversity in experimental systems may enhance
ecosystem productivity, the mechanisms causing this overyielding remain debated. Here, we …

Should root plasticity be a crop breeding target?

HM Schneider, JP Lynch - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Root phenotypic plasticity has been proposed as a target for the development of more
productive crops in variable environments. However, the plasticity of root anatomical and …

Leaf manganese accumulation and phosphorus-acquisition efficiency

H Lambers, PE Hayes, E Laliberte, RS Oliveira… - Trends in plant …, 2015 - cell.com
Plants that deploy a phosphorus (P)-mobilising strategy based on the release of
carboxylates tend to have high leaf manganese concentrations ([Mn]). This occurs because …

Role of environmental factors in shaping the soil microbiome

W Islam, A Noman, H Naveed, Z Huang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The soil microbiome comprises one of the most important and complex components of all
terrestrial ecosystems as it harbors millions of microbes including bacteria, fungi, archaea …