Localized nutrient supply promotes maize growth and nutrient acquisition by shaping root morphology and physiology and mycorrhizal symbiosis

Harnessing root-foraging capacity to improve nutrient-use efficiency for sustainable maize production

(2022) Jingying Jing et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Heterogeneous nutrient supply promotes maize growth and phosphorus acquisition: additive and compensatory effects of lateral roots and root hairs

(2021) Liyang Wang et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Suitable fertilizer application depth can increase nitrogen use efficiency and maize yield by reducing gaseous nitrogen losses

(2021) Peng Wu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

How does deep-band fertilizer placement reduce N2O emissions and increase maize yields?

(2021) Peng Wu et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

A phosphate starvation response-centered network regulates mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2021) Jincai Shi et al.   CELL

Root phosphatase activity aligns with the collaboration gradient of the root economics space

(2021) Mengguang Han et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lateral root formation and nutrients: nitrogen in the spotlight

(2021) Pierre-Mathieu Pélissier et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Localized nutrient supply can facilitate root proliferation and increase nitrogen-use efficiency in compacted soil

(2021) Xiaobin Wu et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Factors influencing phosphorus placement and effects on yield and yield parameters: A meta-analysis

(2021) Markus Freiling et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Foraging speed and precision of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under field conditions: An experimental approach

(2020) Petr Šmilauer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest

(2020) Lijuan Sun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Corn yield response to sub-surface banded starter fertilizer in the U.S.: A meta-analysis

(2020) Daniel J. Quinn et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Sustainable Cropping Requires Adaptation to a Heterogeneous Rhizosphere

(2020) Xin Wang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Deep banding of phosphorus and nitrogen enhances Rosa multiflora growth and nutrient accumulation by improving root spatial distribution

(2020) Qinghua Ma et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are independent in nutrient foraging across subtropical tree species

(2019) Bitao Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Early priority effects of occupying a nutrient patch do not influence final maize growth in intensive cropping systems

(2019) Deshan Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Heterogeneous phosphate supply influences maize lateral root proliferation by regulating auxin redistribution

(2019) Xin Wang et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Localized ammonium and phosphorus fertilization can improve cotton lint yield by decreasing rhizosphere soil pH and salinity

(2018) Xin-Xin Wang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Root competition resulting from spatial variation in nutrient distribution elicits decreasing maize yield at high planting density

(2018) Hongbo Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nutrient acquisition, soil phosphorus partitioning and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain forest

(2017) Megan K. Nasto et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diverse belowground resource strategies underlie plant species coexistence and spatial distribution in three grasslands along a precipitation gradient

(2017) Hongbo Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Grain production versus resource and environmental costs: towards increasing sustainability of nutrient use in China

(2016) Xiaoqiang Jiao et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The nutrient absorption-transportation hypothesis: optimizing structural traits in absorptive roots

(2016) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root respiratory costs of ion uptake, root growth, and root maintenance in wetland plants: efficiency and strategy of O2 use for adaptation to hypoxia

(2016) Takatoshi Nakamura et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root over-production in heterogeneous nutrient environment has no negative effects on Zea mays shoot growth in the field

(2016) Hongbo Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root morphology and mycorrhizal symbioses together shape nutrient foraging strategies of temperate trees

(2016) Weile Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparing localized application of different N fertilizer species on maize grain yield and agronomic N-use efficiency on a calcareous soil

(2015) Qinghua Ma et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Complementarity in nutrient foraging strategies of absorptive fine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across 14 coexisting subtropical tree species

(2015) Bitao Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Localized application of NH4+-N plus P enhances zinc and iron accumulation in maize via modifying root traits and rhizosphere processes

(2014) Qinghua Ma et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the Law of the Minimum

(2014) Nancy Collins Johnson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Control of arbuscular mycorrhiza development by nutrient signals

(2014) Samy Carbonnel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root morphological responses to localized nutrient supply differ among crop species with contrasting root traits

(2013) Hongbo Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Localized application of NH4 +-N plus P at the seedling and later growth stages enhances nutrient uptake and maize yield by inducing lateral root proliferation

(2013) Qinghua Ma et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Localized fertilization with P plus N elicits an ammonium-dependent enhancement of maize root growth and nutrient uptake

(2012) J. Jing et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Maximizing root/rhizosphere efficiency to improve crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency in intensive agriculture of China

(2012) Jianbo Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Contribution of Root Proliferation in Nutrient-Rich Soil Patches to Nutrient Uptake and Growth of Maize

(2012) Hong-Bo LI et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Carbon trading for phosphorus gain: the balance between rhizosphere carboxylates and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant phosphorus acquisition

(2012) M. H. RYAN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Localized application of phosphorus and ammonium improves growth of maize seedlings by stimulating root proliferation and rhizosphere acidification

(2010) J. Jing et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH