Crop plants are affected by a series of inhibitory environmental and biotic factors that
decrease their growth and production. To counteract these adverse effects, plants work …

Agricultural intensification has substantially reduced soil biodiversity as well as
agroecosystem functions and services. Sustainable agroecosystems that increase crop …

Many invasive plants have enhanced mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal
associations, however, mechanisms underlying differences in AM fungal associations …

Ongoing climate change will both profoundly impact land-use (eg, changes in crop species
or cultivar and cropping practices) and abiotic factors (eg, moisture and temperature), which …

Main conclusion Rice sheath blight research should prioritise optimising biological control
approaches, identification of resistance gene mechanisms and application in genetic …

Vertical farming is a type of indoor agriculture where plants are cultivated in stacked
systems. It forms a rapidly growing sector with new emerging technologies. Indoor farms …

The herbicide “fomesafen” causes phytotoxicity to the rotational wheat crop and may reduce
its yield. Considering that biochar may improve remediation and biophysical conditions of …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi traditionally form symbioses with most plant species.
Although AM fungi have critical effects on microbial communities, the pathways showing …

Plant genetic variation, through its phenotypic display, can determine the composition of
below ground microbial communities. Variation within a species is increasingly …

In the face of climate change, progressive degradation of the environment, including
agricultural land negatively affecting plant growth and development, endangers plant …