In ecological setting, sodium (Na+) can be beneficial or toxic, depending on plant species
and the Na+ level in the soil. While its effects are more frequently studied at high saline …

Chlorophyll biosynthesis in plants is subjected to modulation by various environmental
factors. To understand the modulation of the chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis during greening …

Plants play a critical role in the cycling of potassium (K) and the fractionation of its isotopes.
However, little is known about K stable isotopic compositions in natural soil–plant systems …

When a plant experiences water stress, one of the early signs is the control of water loss
through its stomata. These responses are more closely linked to soil moisture content than to …

The mechanisms of struvite production by biomineralization were investigated for five
microorganisms (Bacillus pumilus, Brevibacterium antiquum, Myxococcus xanthus …

Dark septate endophytes (DSE) ubiquitously colonize the roots of plants growing in extreme
heavy metals (HMs)-contaminated soils. Little is known about the overall molecular …

Increasing agricultural productivity and sustainability will have to be prioritized to enhance
food production. The major challenge toward this emanates from multiple stress factors and …

Ricca assays allow the direct introduction of compounds extracted from plants or the
organisms that attack them into the leaf vasculature. Using chromatographic fractionation of …

Due to the physico-chemical similarities of caesium (Cs+) to potassium (K+) on the one hand
and strontium (Sr2+) to calcium (Ca2+) on the other hand, both elements can easily be taken …

Within the last two decades, a series of papers have dealt with the effects of nutrition and
nutrient deficiency, as well as salt stress, on the long-distance transport and partitioning of …