Belowground DNA-based techniques: untangling the network of plant root interactions

A PCR-based method for the identification of the roots of 10 co-occurring grassland species in mesocosm experiments

(2011) Gordon G. McNickle et al.   Botany

Spatial patterns of plant diversity below-ground as revealed by DNA barcoding

(2011) PRASAD R. KESANAKURTI et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Distinct seasonal assemblages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed by massively parallel pyrosequencing

(2011) Alex J. Dumbrell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Grassland root communities: species distributions and how they are linked to aboveground abundance

(2010) Douglas A. Frank et al.   ECOLOGY

Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects

(2010) T. M. Bezemer et al.   ECOLOGY

Are beech (Fagus sylvatica) roots territorial?

(2010) Christa Lang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Differences in fine root productivity between mixed- and single-species stands

(2010) Brian W. Brassard et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Unveiling below-ground species abundance in a biodiversity experiment: a test of vertical niche differentiation among grassland species

(2010) Liesje Mommer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Differential effect of sample preservation methods on plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal DNA

(2010) L.D. Bainard et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Two micro-scale protocols for the isolation of DNA from polysaccharide-rich plant tissue

(2010) Lara D. Shepherd et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Molecular identification of roots from a grassland community using size differences in fluorescently labelled PCR amplicons of three cpDNA regions

(2010) JOHN M. TAGGART et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Using next-generation sequencing for molecular reconstruction of past Arctic vegetation and climate

(2010) J. H. SØNSTEBØ et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

(2010) James D. Bever et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Molecular genetic tools to infer the origin of forest plants and wood

(2009) Reiner Finkeldey et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Relative roles of niche and neutral processes in structuring a soil microbial community

(2009) Alex J Dumbrell et al.   ISME Journal

Are plant species inherently harder to discriminate than animal species using DNA barcoding markers?

(2009) ARON J. FAZEKAS et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The importance of niches for the maintenance of species diversity

(2009) Jonathan M. Levine et al.   NATURE

Quantification of roots and seeds in soil with real-time PCR

(2009) Ian T. Riley et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A DNA barcode for land plants

(2009) et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unravelling below-ground plant distributions: a real-time polymerase chain reaction method for quantifying species proportions in mixed root samples

(2008) L. MOMMER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots

(2008) R. Lahaye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA