What Happens When Roots Die? New Experiment Rethinks How We Measure Underground Decay
A microcosm experiment on four Carex species shows that healthy roots and rhizomes decompose at rates comparable to senescing ones, ...
Tag: Plant and Soil
From Leaf Chemistry to Microbial Crews: Tree Size Rewrites the Rules of Decomposition
A temperate forest experiment shows that as trees grow larger, the main driver of leaf litter decomposition shifts from litter ...
Underground Scans Reveal How Wheat Roots Outsmart Drought
Researchers used time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography with machine learning calibration to quantify, for the first time at field scale, how ...
Lab-Built Microbiome from Salt-Tolerant Plants Helps Rice Beat Salty Soils
Researchers built a simplified synthetic bacterial community from the rhizosphere of a salt-tolerant plant and showed it boosts rice growth ...
Organic Fertilizer Plus Foliar Biostimulant Lifts Saline-Soil Maize Yields by Up to 30%
A two-year field trial in saline farmland found that combining mid-range organic fertilizer with a 500-fold foliar biostimulant cut root-zone ...
Ozone Pollution and Organic Fertilizers Reshape the Hidden Nitrogen Engine Beneath Wheat
A two-year open-air experiment shows that elevated ozone and combined organic-inorganic fertilization both accelerate nitrification in wheat rhizosphere soil, but ...
Hidden Fungus Rewires Rice Root Chemistry to Summon Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Researchers found that an endophytic fungus alters rice root exudates, enriching p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid to recruit nitrogen-fixing Enterobacter bacteria that boost ...
Biodegradable Plastics May Be Worse for the Climate Than Conventional Ones, Soil Study Finds
A 60-day incubation study of Loess Plateau orchard soils shows biodegradable PLA microplastics sharply increased carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide ...
Natural Tritium Traces the Hidden Water Sources of Temperate Forest Trees
Researchers in northeastern Japan show that natural tritium gradients in near-surface soil water can reveal the depths from which humid ...
Hidden Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Reveal a Secret Evolution Inside Casuarina Root Nodules
Direct sequencing of Casuarina root nodules across the Pacific has uncovered a hidden new Frankia species and widespread genome erosion, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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