Reposted by Jan Wälchli
Preprint: We identified soil iron levels as critical factor explaining the variation in soil microbiome feedbacks on plant growth. The soil microbiomes tend to provide more beneficial feedbacks at low levels of soil iron. Happy reading.
Credits to Jan Waelchli et al.!
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Soil iron drives beneficial maize microbiome feedbacks in rotations with wheat
Background: Plants change their surrounding soil microbiome by root exudates and such conditioned microbiomes impact the performance of the present as well as the next plant generation as for example ...