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Is a plant truly plastic? Nutrients and neighbours induce trait‐specific responses, but performance depends on response direction

Oikos, EarlyView.
Plants live in a heterogeneous world, where nutrient and neighbour distributions vary in space and time. Plants can respond to this variation through plastic responses in individual organs, which are assumed to be coordinated among traits to support a coherent, adaptive strategy, maintaining plant growth in varying environments.
Charlotte Brown, Emily M. Holden, James F. Cahill Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Challenges in 3D Printing of Polyolefins and Their Composites: A Review on Strategies for Improved Printability and Performance

Polymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
This review integrates the molecular fundamentals, key challenges, and mitigation strategies in polyolefin 3D printing, focusing on shrinkage, warpage, and adhesion control. It highlights material design approaches using recycled polyolefins and functional fillers to improve printability, mechanical properties, and sustainability in additive ...
Malik Hassan, Philip McMorran, Marwan Eid, Julia Blair, Amar K. Mohanty, Manjusri Misra   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hurdles to overcome to achieve biostimulant‐driven, low chemical input crop production

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop production requires considerable chemical inputs that result in significant greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental costs. Biostimulants are natural agents, such as microorganisms or seaweed, applied to plants and soil to stimulate plant growth and reduce chemical inputs. Biostimulant use is rapidly increasing globally, but hurdles remain,
Wolfram Buss, Katharina Belt, Zaw Hein, Arumdriya Putri, Shuoyang Zhu, Hana Suwandari, Alison R. Bentley   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework linking silicon fertilisation, plant silicification and soil carbon cycling

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is vital for soil health, food security, and climate change mitigation. We reviewed how silicon (Si) fertilisers, commonly used to improve plant health, may also influence SOC dynamics. We developed a framework linking Si and SOC and discussed the possibility of Si‐mediated plant changes contributing to SOC sequestration.
Xuqing Li, Scott Johnson, Yolima Carrillo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incorporating soil biological and functional attributes to advance ecological restoration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Earth is currently experiencing a mass extinction crisis, predominantly driven by anthropogenic activities, with land use change causing widespread loss and degradation of native ecosystems and indigenous species. There is an urgent need to halt this trend and restore degraded habitat to preserve biodiversity and protect threatened plants and animals ...
Uffe N. Nielsen, Dylan Bristol, Chongzhe Zhang, Paola Raupp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of root exudates of Chloris gayana and Tagetes patula on Rotylenchulus reniformis [PDF]

, 1991
Apt, W.J., Caswell, E.P., De Frank, J., Tang, C.S.   +3 more
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Agroforestry and enhanced rock weathering: A dual strategy for sustainable cacao

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cacao production is both economically vital and environmentally intensive, presenting a major sustainability challenge as a crop largely cultivated by smallholder farmers in climate‐vulnerable regions. This review synthesises evidence that integrating agroforestry with enhanced rock weathering (EW) may significantly reduce emissions from cacao ...
Isabella L. Steeley, Edson S. França, Dimitar Z. Epihov, Noah J. Planavsky, David J. Beerling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crop genotypic richness enhances biomass production and phosphorus acquisition in maize‐mycorrhiza symbiosis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Our study tests how soil and plant biodiversity can enhance sustainability of crop production in Kenya. We tested whether mixtures of maize varieties performed better than monocultures and tested their response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhizal responsiveness differed significantly by maize variety, and genetic mixtures outperformed ...
Grace Ng'endo Kanyita, Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru, Henry Birt, David Johnson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulated elephant foraging alters tree root exudation rates: Species‐specific responses and implications for belowground carbon dynamics in tropical forests

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Asian elephants play crucial roles in ecosystem functioning, and their interactions with plants influence above‐ and belowground carbon cycling. We tested whether their mechanically destructive foraging triggers short‐term, stress‐induced shifts in tree root exudation, an underappreciated pathway linking herbivory to belowground carbon processes.
Pratibha Khatri, Bimal Sharma, Lisa Ong, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source