Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective

A Weigelt, L Mommer, K Andraczek… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant trait variation drives plant function, community composition and ecosystem processes.
However, our current understanding of trait variation disproportionately relies on …

A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

New opportunities in plant microbiome engineering for increasing agricultural sustainability under stressful conditions

MS Afridi, MA Javed, S Ali, FHV De Medeiros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant microbiome (or phytomicrobiome) engineering (PME) is an anticipated untapped
alternative strategy that could be exploited for plant growth, health and productivity under …

Four ways to define the growing season

C Körner, P Möhl, E Hiltbrunner - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
What is addressed as growing season in terrestrial ecosystems is one of the main
determinants of annual plant biomass production globally. However, there is no well …

Why do plants silicify?

F De Tombeur, JA Raven, A Toussaint… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Despite seminal papers that stress the significance of silicon (Si) in plant biology and
ecology, most studies focus on manipulations of Si supply and mitigation of stresses. The …

Assessing stress responses in potherb mustard (Brassica juncea var. multiceps) exposed to a synergy of microplastics and cadmium: Insights from physiology …

J Wang, W Liu, X Wang, A Zeb, Q Wang, F Mo… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Both microplastics (MPs) and cadmium (Cd) are common contaminants in farmland systems,
is crucial for assessing their risks for human health and environment, and little research has …

Carbon-phosphorus cycle models overestimate CO2 enrichment response in a mature Eucalyptus forest

M Jiang, BE Medlyn, D Wårlind, J Knauer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The importance of phosphorus (P) in regulating ecosystem responses to climate change has
fostered P-cycle implementation in land surface models, but their CO2 effects predictions …

Dark septate endophytes: mutualism from by-products?

AL Ruotsalainen, M Kauppinen, PR Wäli… - Trends in Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Plant roots are abundantly colonized by dark septate endophytic (DSE) fungi in virtually all
ecosystems. DSE fungi are functionally heterogeneous and their relationships with plants …

Common mycorrhizae network: a review of the theories and mechanisms behind underground interactions

AF Figueiredo, J Boy, G Guggenberger - Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most terrestrial plants establish symbiotic associations with mycorrhizal fungi for accessing
essential plant nutrients. Mycorrhizal fungi have been frequently reported to interconnect …