Potential Roles of Soil Microorganisms in Regulating the Effect of Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity on Plant Performance

Root allocation and foraging precision in heterogeneous soils

(2022) Tara K. Rajaniemi   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Accumulation in nutrient acquisition strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots in poor and heterogeneous soils of karst shrub ecosystems

(2022) Yueming Liang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Nutrient foraging ability promotes intraspecific competitiveness in the clonal plant Hydrocotyle vulgaris

(2022) Li-Min Zhang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Routes to Roots: Direct Evidence of Water Transport by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Host Plants

(2022) Anne Kakouridis et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon efficiency for nutrient acquisition (CENA) by plants: role of nutrient availability and microbial symbionts

(2022) Ruzhen Wang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Karst Soil Patch Heterogeneity with Gravels Promotes Plant Root Development and Nutrient Utilization Associated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

(2022) Qing Li et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Soil biota and soil substrates influence responses of the rhizomatous clonal grass Leymus chinensis to nutrient heterogeneity

(2021) Michael Opoku Adomako et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil Microbe-Mediated N:P Stoichiometric Effects on Solidago canadensis Performance Depend on Nutrient Levels

(2021) Michael Opoku Adomako et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Rhizodeposition mediates the effect of nitrogen and phosphorous availability on microbial carbon use efficiency and turnover rate

(2020) Bahareh Bicharanloo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Facilitation of plant water uptake by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus: a Gordian knot of roots and hyphae

(2020) David Püschel et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Soil fungal guilds as important drivers of the plant richness–productivity relationship

(2020) S. Emilia Hannula et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Synergistic Effects of Soil Microbes on Solidago canadensis Depend on Water and Nutrient Availability

(2020) Michael Opoku Adomako et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Effects of soil nutrient heterogeneity and parasitic plant infection on an experimental grassland community

(2020) Michael Opoku Adomako et al.   FLORA

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance mineralisation of organic phosphorus by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae

(2020) Feiyan Jiang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Role of Microbial Communities in Soil Formation and Soil Ecosystem Health

(2020) A. M. Semenov et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

The exploitative segregation of plant roots

(2020) Ciro Cabal et al.   SCIENCE

The plant body as a network of semi-autonomous agents: a review

(2019) Beata Oborny   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant nitrogen acquisition from inorganic and organic sources via root and mycelia pathways in ectomycorrhizal alpine forests

(2019) Ziliang Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Modification by earthworms of effects of soil heterogeneity and root foraging in eight species of grass

(2019) Lu Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The role of microbial community in the decomposition of leaf litter and deadwood

(2018) Alessia Bani et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity

(2018) Mark C. Brundrett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Intraspecific aggregation and soil heterogeneity: competitive interactions of two clonal plants with contrasting spatial architecture

(2018) Wei Xue et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Microbial competition for nitrogen and carbon is as intense in the subsoil as in the topsoil

(2018) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A plant–microbe interaction framework explaining nutrient effects on primary production

(2018) Petr Čapek et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

The soil organic matter decomposition mechanisms in ectomycorrhizal fungi are tuned for liberating soil organic nitrogen

(2018) César Nicolás et al.   ISME Journal

A multi-species comparison of selective placement patterns of ramets in invasive alien and native clonal plants to light, soil nutrient and water heterogeneity

(2018) Duo Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and the enzymatic liberation of nitrogen from soil organic matter: why evolutionary history matters

(2017) Peter T. Pellitier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Microbial community-level regulation explains soil carbon responses to long-term litter manipulations

(2017) Katerina Georgiou et al.   Nature Communications

The Role of Soil Microorganisms in Plant Mineral Nutrition—Current Knowledge and Future Directions

(2017) Richard Jacoby et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Clonal integration increases relative competitive ability in an invasive aquatic plant

(2016) Pu Wang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mycorrhizal fungi and roots are complementary in foraging within nutrient patches

(2016) Lei Cheng et al.   ECOLOGY

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Resolving the ‘nitrogen paradox’ ofarbuscular mycorrhizas: fertilization with organic matter brings considerable benefits for plant nutrition and growth

(2016) Tom J. Thirkell et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

Ecology of Nitrogen Fixing, Nitrifying, and Denitrifying Microorganisms in Tropical Forest Soils

(2016) Silvia Pajares et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Regulation of Plant Growth, Photosynthesis, Antioxidation and Osmosis by an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus in Watermelon Seedlings under Well-Watered and Drought Conditions

(2016) Yanling Mo et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root Foraging Performance and Life-History Traits

(2016) Martin Weiser et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant-microbe partnerships in 2020

(2016) Birgit Mitter et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Clonal integration in homogeneous environments increases performance of Alternanthera philoxeroides

(2015) Bi-Cheng Dong et al.   OECOLOGIA

Herbaceous plant species invading natural areas tend to have stronger adaptive root foraging than other naturalized species

(2015) Lidewij H. Keser et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis alters stomatal conductance of host plants more under drought than under amply watered conditions: a meta-analysis

(2014) Robert M. Augé et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen: implications for individual plants through to ecosystems

(2014) Angela Hodge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality

(2014) C. Wagg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hyphosphere interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate solubilizing bacterium promote phytate mineralization in soil

(2014) Lin Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil microbes and the availability of soil nutrients

(2013) M. Miransari   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

Biological nitrogen fixation in non-legume plants

(2013) Carole Santi et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The roles of microorganisms in litter decomposition and soil formation

(2013) Satoru Hobara et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Distribution and effects of tree leaf litter on vegetation composition and biomass in a forest–grassland ecotone

(2013) Alejandro Loydi et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Effects of Spatial Scale of Soil Heterogeneity on the Growth of a Clonal Plant Producing Both Spreading and Clumping Ramets

(2013) Yong-Qiang Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

Interaction between root growth allocation and mycorrhizal fungi in soil with patchy P distribution

(2013) Bernd Felderer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil enzyme activities, microbial communities, and carbon and nitrogen availability in organic agroecosystems across an intensively-managed agricultural landscape

(2013) Timothy M. Bowles et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial Population and Community Dynamics on Plant Roots and Their Feedbacks on Plant Communities

(2012) James D. Bever et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a soil microbial community mediating litter decomposition

(2012) Donald J. Herman et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Effects of soil nutrient heterogeneity on intraspecific competition in the invasive, clonal plant Alternanthera philoxeroides

(2011) Jian Zhou et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus hoi can capture and transfer nitrogen from organic patches to its associated host plant at low temperature

(2011) G. Barrett et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Clonal integration in Fragaria vesca growing in metal-polluted soils: parents face penalties for establishing their offspring in unsuitable environments

(2011) Sergio R. Roiloa et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Belowground biodiversity effects of plant symbionts support aboveground productivity

(2011) Cameron Wagg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient

(2011) Ivika Ostonen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity

(2011) Hans de Kroon et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Legume-Nodulating Betaproteobacteria: Diversity, Host Range, and Future Prospects

(2011) Prasad Gyaneshwar et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Optimal root proliferation strategies: the roles of nutrient heterogeneity, competition and mycorrhizal networks

(2011) Simon Antony Croft et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Are patterns in nutrient limitation belowground consistent with those aboveground: results from a 4 million year chronosequence

(2010) Sasha C. Reed et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Soil-nutrient availability under a global-change scenario in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

(2010) LUIS MATÍAS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant-Microbe Communications for Symbiosis

(2010) M. Kawaguchi et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Substantial nitrogen acquisition by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from organic material has implications for N cycling

(2010) A. Hodge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors

(2010) J. F. Cahill et al.   SCIENCE

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce effects of physiological integration in Trifolium repens

(2009) Juan Du et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Soil fertility, heterogeneity, and microbes: towards an integrated understanding of grassland structure and dynamics

(2009) Heather L. Reynolds et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Resource stoichiometry elucidates the structure and function of arbuscular mycorrhizas across scales

(2009) Nancy Collins Johnson   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant pathogen protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: A role for fungal diversity?

(2009) Jeannine Wehner et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Soil Microbial Communities and Restoration Ecology: Facilitators or Followers?

(2009) J. Harris   SCIENCE

NITROGEN LIMITATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IS GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED

(2008) David S. LeBauer et al.   ECOLOGY

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

(2008) J. N. Galloway et al.   SCIENCE