Root Exudates and Mineral Nutrition. Plants respond to nutrient deficiency by altering root morphology, recruiting the help of microorganisms and changing the chemical environment of the rhizosphere.

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root ...

In an article published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) in Brazil ...

In an advance for agriculture, a new study reveals how wheat plants actively influence the microbial communities ... Using next-generation DNA sequencing, the team analyzed bacterial communities in ...

The rhizosphere, for instance, or the area surrounding the roots, contains some 30,000 species in some plants with a community mix that varies across plant cultivars and soil types. Yet we know ...

We are specifically focused on plant rhizosphere and human lung microbiomes and how interactions within these microbial communities affect the fitness and survival of associated host organisms.

Climate change is altering the elevation range limits of many organisms, often driving upward range shifts. In this context, reduced air pressure poses a potentially novel environmental problem for ...

LABs fermentation side-product positively influences rhizosphere and plant growth in greenhouse lettuce and tomatoes Scientists at Università Cattolica at Piacenza have shown that they work as ...

Nature’s Dirty Little Secret: The Diverted Total Syntheses of Rhizosphere Natural Products as Targeted Antibacterial Agents. ACS Webinars July 30, 2020. ... the area immediately surrounding the root ...

SERIES 33 | Episode 28. Hannah creates potted productive plant combinations, to show how you can have a food forest in a small space. A food forest aims to have all plants on a site working together.