Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has gained growing attention as a strategy for
monitoring biodiversity in ecology. However, taxa identifications produced through …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are essential for nitrogen (N) cycling in many temperate forests and
responsive to anthropogenic N addition, which generally decreases host carbon (C) …

Plant–microbial interactions in soils are considered to play a central role in regulating
biodiversity in many global ecosystems. However, studies on plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) …

Despite the importance of wood-inhabiting fungi on nutrient cycling and ecosystem
functions, their ecology, especially related to their community assembly, is still highly …

High-throughput sequencing has become a prominent tool to assess plant-associated
microbial diversity. Still, some technical challenges remain in characterising these …

Blooms of Prymnesium parvum, a unicellular alga globally distributed in marine and
brackish environments, frequently result in massive fish kills due to the production of toxins …

Clear-cutting is a common silvicultural practice. Although temporal changes in the soil fungal
community after clear-cutting have been widely investigated, little is known about stand-level …

Context Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been extensively applied as biofertilizers
in wheat to promote crop productivity. However, variability in AM root colonization, grain …

Free-living saprotrophic fungi and symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi affect organic matter
dynamics differently because of contrasting ecological adaptations. We investigated how …

Understanding soil dynamics and nutrient cycling is crucial for the sustainable management
of Japanese forests covering 70% of the national land area. These forests are dominated by …