Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward

BK Singh, M Delgado-Baquerizo, E Egidi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Plant disease outbreaks pose significant risks to global food security and environmental
sustainability worldwide, and result in the loss of primary productivity and biodiversity that …

Soil microbiomes and one health

S Banerjee, MGA Van Der Heijden - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
The concept of one health highlights that human health is not isolated but connected to the
health of animals, plants and environments. In this Review, we demonstrate that soils are a …

Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

S Lutz, N Bodenhausen, J Hess, A Valzano-Held… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alternative solutions to mineral fertilizers and pesticides that reduce the environmental
impact of agriculture are urgently needed. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can enhance …

Regenerative agriculture—A literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in regulating growth, enhancing productivity, and potentially influencing ecosystems under abiotic and biotic stresses

A Wahab, M Muhammad, A Munir, G Abdi, W Zaman… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all
land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress …

Increasing the number of stressors reduces soil ecosystem services worldwide

MC Rillig, MGA Van der Heijden, M Berdugo… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing the number of environmental stressors could decrease ecosystem functioning in
soils. Yet this relationship has not been globally assessed outside laboratory experiments …

Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe

S Banerjee, C Zhao, G Garland, A Edlinger… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil fungi are a key constituent of global biodiversity and play a pivotal role in
agroecosystems. How arable farming affects soil fungal biogeography and whether it has a …

The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plants, crops, and ecosystems: how should we prepare for what comes next?

SI Zandalinas, MÁ Peláez‐Vico, R Sinha… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of environmental conditions encountered by plants in the field, or in nature,
is gradually increasing due to anthropogenic activities that promote global warming, climate …

Soil microbiome signatures are associated with pesticide residues in arable landscapes

F Walder, MW Schmid, J Riedo… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pesticides are widely applied in agriculture to combat disease, pests, and weeds, leading to
long-lasting contamination of agricultural soils with pesticide residues. While classical risk …

The mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers in genomics, ecology, and agricultural application

FM Martin, MGA van Der Heijden - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mycorrhizal symbioses between plants and fungi are vital for the soil structure, nutrient
cycling, plant diversity, and ecosystem sustainability. More than 250 000 plant species are …