Fine roots acquire essential soil resources and mediate biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. Estimates of carbon and nutrient allocation to build and maintain these …

Savannas cover a significant fraction of the Earth's land surface. In these ecosystems, C3
trees and C4 grasses coexist persistently, but the mechanisms explaining coexistence …

Plant roots exhibit diverse root functional traits to enable soil phosphorus (P) acquisition,
including changes in root morphology, root exudation and mycorrhizal symbioses. Yet …

Salt stress impacts phosphorus (P) bioavailability, mobility, and its uptake by plants. Since P
is involved in many key processes in plants, salinity and P deficiency could significantly …

Soil salinization represents one of the major limiting factors of future increase in crop
production through the expansion or maintaining of cultivation area in the future. High salt …

By 2050, the predicted global population is set to reach 9.6 billion highlighting the urgent
need to increase crop productivity to meet the growing demand for food. This is becoming …

An adsorption experiment and a pot experiment were executed in order to explore the
mechanisms by which biochar amendment in combination with reduced irrigation affects …

Background Roots play a pivotal role in defining plant ecological success and mediating
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, roots are difficult to study as they are hidden in …

Salt tolerance mechanism of an extreme halophyte Salvadora persica was assessed by
analyzing growth, nutrient uptake, anatomical modifications and alterations in levels of some …

Salt is among the most harmful agents that negatively influences crop yield. Alfalfa is an
important perennial forage crop that exhibits wide cultivar variations in salt tolerance …