Soil Fungus Slashes Heavy Metal Buildup in Rice by Rewiring Roots and Microbes
A field study shows that inoculating rice with a Penicillium fungus significantly reduces chromium, cadmium, lead, and antimony accumulation by ...
Tag: rhizosphere microbiome
Desert Soil Microbes Reveal Hidden Divide Between Rare and Abundant Bacteria Under Drought
A sweeping survey of rhizosphere soils from four Chinese deserts shows that rare and abundant bacterial taxa around the sand-stabilizing ...
Sweetpotato Roots Recruit Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria with Two Key Amino Acids Under Low Phosphorus Stress
A new study shows that phosphorus-efficient sweetpotato roots release the amino acids L-glutamine and citrulline, which recruit phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and ...
Tiny Carbon Dots Coated in Amino Acids Help Medicinal Plant Fight Cadmium Pollution
Polyglutamic acid-functionalized carbon dots reduce cadmium accumulation in Houttuynia cordata while restoring photosynthesis, reshaping gene expression, and enriching beneficial rhizosphere ...
Wild Soybean Recruits Hidden Soil Microbes to Beat Saline-Alkali Stress
New research shows that salt-tolerant wild soybean genotypes reshape their rhizosphere bacterial communities and boost soil enzyme functionality to withstand ...
How an Ancient Chemical Weapon Shapes Defense in the World’s Great Cereal Crops
A new review in Plant Cell Reports maps how the benzoxazinoid defense pathway evolved differently across maize, wheat, and rice, ...
Root Signals and Microbial Allies Redefine Sustainable Crop Disease Control
A new review in MicrobiologyOpen details how rhizosphere microbiomes, molecular signaling, omics technologies, and artificial intelligence are converging to create ...
AI Pinpoints the Perfect Dose of Nanomaterials to Scrub Toxic Metals from Farmland
Researchers used explainable machine learning to optimize graphene oxide-biochar hybrid nanocomposites that remove lead, chromium, and uranium from contaminated soil ...
Mining for Vanadium Rewrites the Microbial Recipe of Nearby Cropland Soils
Field sampling near China's Hongge vanadium–titanium magnetite district shows that mining reshapes cropland soil chemistry and reorganizes bacterial and fungal ...
Microbial Network Rewiring Gives Invasive Marsh Grass Its Edge
New research shows that the invasive cordgrass Spartina anglica outcompetes its native relative not by recruiting different microbes, but by ...
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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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