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Grassland forage legumes and drought mitigation – sheep wool application improved soil water availability and enhanced drought–stress responses

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sheep wool may reduce drought stress in grasslands when used as a soil amendment. Two experiments were conducted to explore if: (i) water absorbed by wool would be biologically ‘active’ and therefore available to plants, using a novel method of measuring water activity (aw); and, (ii) adding wool to compost would delay water stress ...
Siân Bethan MacKintosh, Rhyn Fychan, John Walter Davies, Huw Gareth Powell, Mark Boileau Scott, Christina Louise Marley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive effects of microplastics and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grassland communities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Grassland plant communities contribute significantly to global biodiversity but face numerous man‐made pressures which may interfere with their ecological functions. One such pressure receiving increasing scientific, political, and public attention is microplastic pollution.
Benedikt Speißer, Yanjie Liu, Mark van Kleunen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ericaceous Plants: A Review for the Bioprospecting of Ericoid Mycorrhizae from Ecuador

Diversity, 2022
Ericaceae are a group of plants with biotechnological and commercial importance. These plants establish symbiotic associations with a wide group of mycorrhizal fungi. National and global studies have focused on two of them: arbuscular endomycorrhizae and
Angela Pacheco Flores de Valgaz, Milton Barcos-Arias, Jaime Naranjo-Morán, Denisse Peña Tapia, Rebeca Moreira-Gómez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil‐dependent variation in strigolactone signaling distance revealed by a parasitic seed germination bioassay

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A parasitic seed germination bioassay reveals strong soil‐dependent variation in strigolactone signaling distance, controlled by physical and biological soil properties, which shapes signaling range and parasitic weed infection risk. Abstract BACKGROUND Strigolactones are root‐exuded plant metabolites acting as germination stimulants for several ...
Hammam Ziadne, Roni Gafni, Amit Paporisch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting drivers of phosphorus dynamics across soil aggregates: The role of nutrient enrichment and mowing

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Phosphorus (P) is an essential but often limiting nutrient for sustaining grassland ecosystem functions. Its soil dynamics are highly sensitive to land management practices and may vary across soil aggregate sizes due to differences in biotic and abiotic factors ...
Xiuping Li, Haiying Cui, Wei Sun, Shanling Wang, Huiliang Zhai, Muhammad Shakir, Jiaxin Hu, Xia Peng, Kees Jan van Groenigen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acaulospora scrobiculata and Glomus versiforme (Glomeromycota) newly and second time, respectively, found in Poland

Acta Mycologica, 2014
Morphological properties of spores and mycorrhizae of Acaulospora scrobiculata and Glomus versiforme, arbuscular fungi of the phylum Glomeromycom, were described and illustrated.
Janusz Błaszkowski, Iwona Adamska, Beata Czerniawska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

KEPADATAN SPORA DAN PERSEN KOLONI MIKORIZA VESIKULA ARBUSKULA (MVA) PADA BEBERAPA TANAMAN PANGAN DI LAHAN PERTANIAN KECAMATAN JABUNG MALANG

JTSL (Jurnal Tanah dan Sumberdaya Lahan), 2022
Mycorrhizae is a symbiotic relationship between fungi and plant roots that is mutually beneficial. Mycorrhizae can be found in almost all soil types and generally do not have a specific host, but certain factors affect the population level and ...
Nahdlia Putri Alayya, Budi Prasetya
doaj   +1 more source

A novel method based on high‐resolution imaging spectroscopy to predict fine‐root traits and the economics space of fresh tree roots

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Maps of the estimated root nitrogen concentration in the < 0.5‐mm‐diameter classes of 20 woody species based on the imaging spectroscopy using the shortwave infrared spectral region. Summary Tree fine‐root morphological, anatomical, and chemical traits are important to reflect belowground resource acquisition strategies to support tree growth, but ...
Naoki Makita, Natsuko Tanikawa, Tatsuro Nakaji   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Malagasy Cropping Systems

Biological Agriculture & Horticulture, 2008
ABSTRACT In Madagascar, rice production is low (2 t ha−1) and does not cover the needs of the population. To satisfy the food requirements, there is a need to develop agriculture on highland areas called “tanety”. Soils of tanety have low nutrients availability, particularly phosphorus which is the main plant growth limiting factor (soil solution
Rasoamampionona, B., Rabeharisoa, L., Andrianjaka, A., /Duponnois, Robin, Plenchette, C.   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Opening the black box: in situ imaging of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal structures in soil using synchrotron‐based micro‐CT

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) contribute to plant nutrient and water uptake via their extraradical hyphal networks. However, in situ methodologies to quantify architectural and morphological traits of these networks in soil are largely lacking, limiting our understanding of AMF‐mediated resource transport.
Henri M. Braunmiller, Michael Bitterlich, Nicolai Koebernick, Eva Jacob, Anna S. Heck, Andrea Schnepf, Johanna Pausch, Jussi‐Petteri Suuronen, Bernhard Hesse, Sylvain Delzon, Jonathan Perrin, Andrew King, Jan Jansa, Mutez A. Ahmed   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source