Microbial-assistance and chelation-support techniques promoting phytoremediation under abiotic stresses

M Naz, MR Afzal, SS Qi, Z Dai, Q Sun, D Du - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation, the use of plants to remove heavy metals from polluted environments, has
been extensively studied. However, abiotic stresses such as drought, salt, and high …

Moderate salinity improves the availability of soil P by regulating P‐cycling microbial communities in coastal wetlands

M Hu, Y Le, J Sardans, R Yan, Y Zhong… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerated sea‐level rise is expected to cause the salinization of freshwater wetlands, but
the responses to salinity of the availability of soil phosphorus (P) and of microbial genes …

Omics approaches in invasion biology: understanding mechanisms and impacts on ecological health

S Qi, J Wang, Y Zhang, M Naz, MR Afzal, D Du, Z Dai - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Invasive species and rapid climate change are affecting the control of new plant diseases
and epidemics. To effectively manage these diseases under changing environmental …

Seasonality and assembly of soil microbial communities in coastal salt marshes invaded by a perennial grass

G Zhang, J Jia, Q Zhao, W Wang, D Wang… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant invasion profoundly changes the microbial-driven processes in the ecosystem;
however, the seasonality of soil microbial communities and their assembly under plant …

Spatial soil heterogeneity rather than the invasion of Spartina alterniflora drives soil bacterial community assembly in an Eastern Chinese intertidal zone along an …

Y Zhang, M Li, J Cui, X Wang, M Song, Q Qiao… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
The invasion of Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) significantly influences the stability and
transformation of soil organic carbon in coastal ecosystems. However, the impact of this …

Spatial variation of organic carbon storage and aggregate sizes in the sediment of the Zhangjiang mangrove ecosystem

R Yan, J Feng, T Fu, Q Chen, Z Wang, F Kang, J Fang… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Sediment organic carbon (SOC) in mangrove ecosystem, known as blue carbon, is a crucial
component in estuarine carbon cycles. To get a deep insight into the mechanism of SOC …

[HTML][HTML] Reclamation of tidal flats to paddy soils reshuffles the soil microbiomes along a 53-year reclamation chronosequence: Evidence from assembly processes, co …

C Chen, G Yin, L Hou, Y Jiang, D Sun, X Liang… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal soil microbiomes play a key role in coastal ecosystem functioning and are intensely
threatened by land reclamation. However, the impacts of coastal reclamation on soil …

Microplastics enhance the invasion of exotic submerged macrophytes by mediating plant functional traits, sediment properties, and microbial communities

X Li, H Qin, N Tang, X Li, W Xing - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant invasions and microplastics (MPs) have significantly altered the structure and function
of aquatic habitats worldwide, resulting in severe damage to aquatic ecosystem health …

Expedited loss of soil biodiversity in blue carbon ecosystems caused by rising sea levels

GF Gao, L Song, Y Zhang, H Chu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Global climate change poses a significant threat to soil biodiversity globally. Coastal
wetlands are among the Earth's most extensive reservoirs of biodiversity that are susceptible …

Specific plant mycorrhizal responses are linked to mycorrhizal fungal species interactions

X Guo, P Wang, X Wang, Y Li, B Ji - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plants span the continuum from mutualism
to parasitism due to the plant–AMF specificity, which obscures the utilization of AMF in the …