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Dual mycorrhizal plants are associated with both arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi that differ in cost and effectiveness for nutrient acquisition. Little is known about env.....

Evidence is provided for plasticity between symbiotrophic and saprotrophic lifestyles of the ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungus Piloderma croceum associated with Quercus robur L., indicating a role for deadw...

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•The study showed the role of root exudate in drought stress mitigation. •In drought conditions, increased naringenin and daidzein in exudates to attract diazotrophic bacteria. •Proteoid roots enhance surface area, carboxylic acid release, and phosphorus uptake in drought conditions. •The HvAACT1 gene aids citrate exudation at root apex, boosting elongation of root in drought conditions. •This study is useful in formulating strategies for sustainable environment management.

Trait spectra have been used in various branches of ecology to explain and predict patterns of species distributions. Several categorical and continuous traits have been proposed as relevant for ecto...

Li et al. show that drought stress promotes specific microbial and metabolite enrichments in the wheat rhizosphere. These changes enhance plant drought resistance via plant-microbes interactions and h...

It is widely recognized that increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs play critical roles in plant carbon (C) inputs and microbial growth and …

Mycorrhizal and saprotrophic macromycetes contribute strongly to the carbon and nitrogen cycles of forest ecosystems, often studied by tracing stable isotope composition of carbon and nitrogen. The ph...

Increasing atmospheric CO2 may enhance rhizosphere exudation, leading to contrasting effects on belowground processes in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) ecosystems due to their ...

In our new post Kenji Suetsugu, professor at Kobe University (Japan), presents his work ‘Mycorrhizal specialization toward each distinct Oliveonia fungus in two closely related photosynthetic Dacty…

Censés faire maigrir, les compléments alimentaires contenant du Garcinia cambogia peuvent causer des effets indésirables graves, y compris chez des personnes en bonne santé, selon un avis publié ce 5 mars par l’agence de sécurité sanitaire.

In this new post Rutger Wilschut and Hanna Ruppert from University of Wageningen present their work ‘Contrasting responses of naturalized alien and native plants to native soil biota and drought’. …

These results provide novel insights into multiple direct and indirect mechanisms that can lead to loss of plant diversity in seed banks under N enrichment, with important ramifications on the mainte....

À propos de l’article Dans le cadre de la théorie de la niche écologique, l’environnement agit comme un filtre et sélectionne les espèces d’une communauté locale. Le concept de filtrage…

In this new blog post, Marion Boisseaux, a postdoc at University of California State University, presents her work ‘Shifting trait coordination along a soil-moisture-nutrient gradient in tropical f…

As wood growth in deciduous tree stems halts during winter, it has been assumed that wood growth in coarse roots follows the same pattern. This study on the growth of stem and coarse roots of four Eur...

Remplacer nos forêts par des plantations d’espèces censées être plus résilientes face au changement climatique. L’idée fait du chemin. Mais ce remède ne risque-t-il pas d’être pire que le mal ?

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Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

Using a 20-year-long soil warming experiment, we found that the belowground responses of temperate forest trees to warming varied depending on tree mycorrhizal type. Specifically, trees associating w...