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Impact of plant breeding on the responsiveness of maize and wheat varieties to an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbiont

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Field inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) offers a promising route to improve sustainable agriculture and food production, yet results are often variable. We investigated the mycorrhizal growth response of maize and wheat varieties recommended for farmers and found substantial variation under greenhouse conditions.
Ido Rog   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil

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Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive effects of microplastics and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on grassland communities

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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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant species are more important to bacterial community composition than seeding ratio in a pea‐canola intercropping system

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Demand for agricultural land has increased due to rising demand for food, potentially leading to expansion into previously untouched habitats, which threatens refugia of native plants. We aimed to provide insight into how variation in seeding ratio may impact soil bacterial communities in a pea‐canola intercropping system, potentially altering crop ...
Janice M. Parks   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: Historical uses, current status, and future potential

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Grapes (Vitis L. ‐ Vitaceae) are among the most important fruit crops globally, consumed in the form of wine, fresh fruit, raisins, and in many products. Complex and fascinating biocultural processes underpin the crop, with a remarkable assemblage of species comprising grapevines and with heterogeneous viticultural practices and rapidly advancing new ...
Colin K. Khoury   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance plant performance in trace element‐contaminated soils with element‐specific accumulation patterns

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Soil contamination by toxic trace elements is a growing global challenge that threatens food safety, agricultural productivity, and ecosystem health. We combined results from many experiments worldwide to assess whether beneficial soil fungi can help plants cope with contaminated soils.
Zahraddeen Kabir Sani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists

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Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil‐related issues is limited. To highlight soil as a key resource and fascinating study system, we initiated a citizen science project together with 1000 participants investigating soil health across Switzerland using buried cotton underpants.
S. Franz Bender   +258 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nitrification by soil fungi

Archiv f�r Mikrobiologie, 1960
1. Nitrifying fungi were isolated from soil and were found to belong to the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium. 2. While the Aspergillus-isolates produced both nitrite and nitrate, the penicillia were observed to produce only nitrate from nitrite.
T S, HORA, M R, IYENGAR
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SOIL MOISTURE AND THE ECOLOGY OF SOIL FUNGI

Biological Reviews, 1963
SummarySome basic concepts concerning soil physical factors have been briefly discussed. The importance of evaluation of the total soil moisture stress, as indicative of the energy which must be used by an organism to gain water from the soil, is shown.
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Hydroxylations of Carbaryl by Soil Fungi

Nature, 1972
CARBARYL (1-naphthyl N-methylcarbamate) is an important pesticide with a half-life in soil of approximately 1 week. However, the possible formation of detoxication products by microorganisms that persist longer in soil has not been investigated.
J M, Bollag, S Y, Liu
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