The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Microbial communities in litter and soil are the functional link through which the tree species
occupying a site may alter rates of soil processes fundamental to nutrient cycling and carbon …

Soil acidity is an impediment to agricultural production on a significant portion of arable land
worldwide. Low productivity of these soils is mainly due to nutrient limitation and the …

A key component of biodiversity is the number and abundance of individuals (ie genotypes),
and yet such intraspecific diversity is rarely considered when investigating the effects of …

Mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous and form a substantial component of the microbial
biomass in forest ecosystems and fluxes of C to these belowground organisms account for a …

Background Here we present the genome sequence of Rhodotorula graminis WP1, a pink-
pigmented, encapsulated yeast strain belonging to the Basidiomycota phylum that was …

Mortierella and Ilyonectria genera include common species of soil fungi that are frequently
detected as root endophytes in many plants, including Populus spp. However, the ecological …

Plant roots interact with a bewilderingly complex community of microbes, including root-
associated fungi that are essential for maintaining plant health. To improve understanding of …

Background Crop rotation is an agronomic practice that is known to enhance productivity
and yield, and decrease pest and disease pressure. Economic and other factors have …

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) raises growing interest in phytomanagement because it
commonly grows under poplar Short Rotation Coppices (SRC) set up at trace-metal (TM) …