Elevated CO2: Plant associated microorganisms and carbon sequestration

M Grover, M Maheswari, S Desai, KA Gopinath… - Applied Soil …, 2015 - Elsevier
Alterations in plant rhizodeposition under elevated CO 2 (eCO 2) are likely to influence
below-ground plant–microbe interactions and soil C dynamics. There are studies on …

Nitrogen and carbon/nitrogen dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhiza: the great unknown

A Corrêa, C Cruz, N Ferrol - Mycorrhiza, 2015 - Springer
Many studies have established that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi transfer N to the host plant.
However, the role and importance of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) in plant N nutrition is still …

Global patterns of plant root colonization intensity by mycorrhizal fungi explained by climate and soil chemistry

NA Soudzilovskaia, JC Douma… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Most vascular plants on E arth form mycorrhizae, a symbiotic relationship between
plants and fungi. Despite the broad recognition of the importance of mycorrhizae for global …

Sources of inocula influence mycorrhizal colonization of plants in restoration projects: a meta‐analysis

MR Maltz, KK Treseder - Restoration Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Inoculation may influence mycorrhizal colonization and provide benefits to plants in
restoration projects. However, it is unclear whether inoculation has consistent effects across …

Oasis desert farming selects environment‐specific date palm root endophytic communities and cultivable bacteria that promote resistance to drought

H Cherif, R Marasco, E Rolli, R Ferjani… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Oases are desert‐farming agro‐ecosystems, where date palm (P hoenix dactylifera L.) plays
a keystone role in offsetting the effects of drought and maintaining a suitable microclimate for …

Soil pH determines the alpha diversity but not beta diversity of soil fungal community along altitude in a typical Tibetan forest ecosystem

JT Wang, YM Zheng, HW Hu, LM Zhang, J Li… - Journal of Soils and …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Despite their symbiotic relationship with trees and the vital role as decomposer in
forest, soil fungi received limited attention regarding their changes with altitude in forest …

Relocation, high‐latitude warming and host genetic identity shape the foliar fungal microbiome of poplars

M Bálint, L Bartha, RB O'Hara, MS Olson… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐organisms associated with plants and animals affect host fitness, shape community
structure and influence ecosystem properties. Climate change is expected to influence …

Shading decreases plant carbon preferential allocation towards the most beneficial mycorrhizal mutualist

C Zheng, B Ji, J Zhang, F Zhang, JD Bever - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Preferential allocation towards the most beneficial mutualist could maintain mycorrhizal
mutualism. Context dependence of preferential allocation could then determine …

Soil microbial community responses to heat wave components: drought and high temperature

A Berard, MB Sassi, A Kaisermann, P Renault - Climate Research, 2015 - int-res.com
Heat waves, defined as events associating high temperatures with severe drought, are
expected to become increasingly recurrent. Research has focused heavily on the impacts of …

Increased plant productivity and decreased microbial respiratory C loss by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria under elevated CO2

M Nie, C Bell, MD Wallenstein, E Pendall - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Increased plant productivity and decreased microbial respiratory C loss can potentially
mitigate increasing atmospheric CO2, but we currently lack effective means to achieve these …