How have the roots of maize changed since the introduction of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser in the 1940s?
Tag - plant–microbe interactions
William Salter
Can insights from invasion ecology promote benefits from root mutualisms in plant production?
Ramoneda et al. propose specific experimental approaches to utilize the wild ancestors of crops to determine whether crop domestication compromised the benefits derived from root microbial symbioses or not.
Interactions between plants and soil microbes may alter the relative importance of intraspecific and interspecific plant competition in a changing climate
Interactions between plants and soil microbes play an important role in structuring terrestrial ecosystems by influencing plant growth and competitive ability. Abiotic conditions such as varying nutrient levels or...
What can you do with a holobiont?
It's said all plants are holobionts. If that's true why bother creating a new word? What value does the word holobiont bring that plant doesn't already have?
Alun Salt
Sequence polymorphisms in a phytoplasma underlie organ proliferation in maize
Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP) is a vector-borne pathogen that induces multiple morphological alterations in maize plants. Orlovskis et al. find that MBSP isolates from two maize growing regions of Southeast...
botanyone
SPECIAL ISSUE: The Role of Below-Ground Processes in Mediating Plant Invasions
AoB PLANTS is pleased to announce the publication of a Special Issue entitled The Role of Below-Ground Processes in Mediating Plant Invasions (edited by Inderjit, University of Delhi, India), which examines the role of...
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