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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
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Short‐Term Effects of Cover Crops on Soil Microbial Characteristics and Biogeochemical Processes across Actively Managed Farms

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2019
Core Ideas The effect of cover crops on soil microbes and biogeochemistry was examined. Cover crops increase microbial biomass and bioavailable soil carbon. Increasing cover crop biomass amplifies belowground effects.
Michael S. Strickland, Wade E. Thomason, Bethany Avera, Josh Franklin, Kevan Minick, Steffany Yamada, Brian D. Badgley   +6 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Kin discrimination in plants: overview and implications for population and community ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the discovery of identity discrimination, particularly self and kin discrimination amongst plant competitors, research on interplant interactions has advanced significantly within plant physiology and evolutionary ecology. This review synthesizes current knowledge on how both self and kin discrimination influence plant growth ...
Akira Yamawo
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Soil, Plant, and Microorganism Interactions Drive Secondary Succession in Alpine Grassland Restoration

Plants
Plant secondary succession has been explored extensively in restoring degraded grasslands in semiarid or dry environments. However, the dynamics of soil microbial communities and their interactions with plant succession following restoration efforts ...
Chenglong Han, Defei Liang, Weidi Zhou, Qiuyun Xu, Mingxue Xiang, Yanjie Gu, Kadambot H. M. Siddique   +6 more
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Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial biomass in fragmented patches of subtropical humid forest of Jaintia hills in Meghalaya, Northeast India

Forest Systems, 2019
Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to assess the seasonal dynamics of microbial biomass and its contribution to soil system along a fragment size gradient in subtropical humid forest of Meghalaya.
Ngakhainii Trune Pao, Krishna Upadhaya
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The mineralisation of fresh and humified soil organic matter by the soil microbial biomass

Waste Management, 2008
Soil organic matter comprises all dead plant and animal residues, from the most recent inputs to the most intensively humified. We have found that traces of fresh substrates at microg g(-1) soil concentrations (termed 'trigger molecules') activate the biomass to expend more energy than is contained in the original 'trigger molecules'.
P. C. BROOKES, M. L. CAYUELA, CONTIN, Marco, DE NOBILI, Maria, S. J. KEMMITT, C. MONDINI   +5 more
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High atmospheric pressure rescues plant growth under humidity stress: A model for climate‐resilient deep underground agriculture

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
High atmospheric pressure (120 kPa) in deep underground counteracts humidity‐induced physiological stress in plants, stabilizing water balance and enhancing antioxidative defenses. This synergy boosts biomass despite elevated humidity, demonstrating sustainable deep underground agriculture potential under climate uncertainty.
Yuxin He, Linglu Xu, Xiao Tan, Wenhua Zhuang, Naiwen Li, Chao Liu, Bo Tan   +6 more
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Cover crop and tillage effects on soil microbial communities in a corn cropping system

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment
Soil microbial communities have numerous soil ecological and physiological functions. However, knowledge is lacking on the interaction effects of no‐till and cover crops (CC) practices on these soil health indicators.
S. S. Mendis, R. P. Udawatta, M. P. Davis, B. Gurmessa, M. Salceda, M. E. Herget   +5 more
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Biomass and catabolic diversity of microbial communities with long-term restoration, bare fallow and cropping history in Chinese Mollisols

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2007
Microbial biomass and community catabolic diversities at three depths (0-10 cm, 20-30 cm, and 40-50 cm) in Chinese Mollisols as influenced by long-term managements of natural restoration, cropping and bare fallow were investigated.
G.H. Wang, J. Jin, X.L. Chen, J.D. Liu, X.B. Liu, S.J. Herbert   +5 more
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