Strigolactones can be a potential tool to fight environmental stresses in arid lands

A Tariq, I Ullah, J Sardans, C Graciano… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Environmental stresses pose a significant threat to plant growth and ecosystem
productivity, particularly in arid lands that are more susceptible to climate change …

Alhagi sparsifolia: An ideal phreatophyte for combating desertification and land degradation

A Tariq, A Ullah, J Sardans, F Zeng, C Graciano… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The upcoming launch of the post-2020 biodiversity framework entails elucidating the future
priorities and strategies for conserving biodiversity on a regional and global scale …

“Fertile islands” beneath three desert vegetation on soil phosphorus fractions, enzymatic activities, and microbial biomass in the desert-oasis transition zone

Y Gao, A Tariq, F Zeng, J Sardans, J Peñuelas… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Desertification poses a perpetual threat to the security of desert ecosystems. Perennial
desert vegetation plays a crucial role in maintaining the structure and function of a desert …

Effects of contrasting N-enriched biochar applications on paddy soil and rice leaf phosphorus fractions in subtropical China

J Hei, H Xie, W Wang, J Sardans, C Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar has been proved to be an important soil amendment to alleviate soil phosphorus (P)
in the paddy crops. However, the role of specially prepared biochar (N-enriched biochar) on …

Fractions of soil phosphorus mediated by rhizospheric phoD‐harbouring bacteria of deep‐rooted desert species are determined by fine‐root traits

Y Gao, A Tariq, F Zeng, J Sardans… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil phosphorus (P) availability is a crucial factor determining primary productivity in
terrestrial ecosystem. Plant functional traits and microbes under P‐deficient conditions can …

The distribution, effectiveness and environmental threshold of soil aggregate phosphorus fractions in the sub‐alpine region of Southwest China

M Zhu, B Huang, Z Liu, Y Wang, J Teng… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article is a study of total phosphorus (TP), available phosphorus (AP) and phosphorus
(P) fractions of soil aggregates along an altitude gradient in the sub‐alpine region of …

[HTML][HTML] Decade-long unsustainable vegetation management practices increase macronutrient losses from the plant-soil system in the Taklamakan Desert

A Tariq, C Graciano, J Sardans, A Ullah, F Zeng… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Arid ecosystems are characterized by low availability and mobility of soil nutrients and slow
geochemical cycles. Management of native vegetation in such ecosystems for fuel, livestock …

Intercropping of leguminous and non-leguminous desert plant species does not facilitate phosphorus mineralization and plant nutrition

A Tariq, J Sardans, J Peñuelas, Z Zhang, C Graciano… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
More efficient use of soil resources, such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), can improve
plant community resistance and resilience against drought in arid and semi-arid lands …

Root morphological and physiological traits are committed to the phosphorus acquisition of the desert plants in phosphorus-deficient soils

Y Gao, Z Zhang, F Zeng, X Ma - BMC Plant Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Phosphorus (P) deficiency in desert ecosystems is widespread. Generally,
desert species may allocate an enormous proportion of photosynthetic carbon to their root …

Coexistence desert plants respond to soil phosphorus availability by altering the allocation patterns of foliar phosphorus fractions and acquiring different forms of soil …

Y Gao, F Zeng, W Islam, Z Zhang, Y Du… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Coexisting plants can enhance soil phosphorus (P) availability and plant-P acquisition.
However, whether plants growing in P-impoverished desert ecosystems present flexible …