Eight Crops, One Salty Field: How Plant Identity Rebuilds the Rhizosphere Microbiome
A common-field experiment in Inner Mongolia shows that eight crops grown in identical saline-alkaline soil develop dramatically different rhizosphere microbial ...
Tag: rhizosphere microbiome
Fungus Turns Plant Sugar Into a Microbial Recruitment Tool to Boost Roots
A plant-beneficial fungus converts root-supplied sucrose into hexose sugars that enrich hormone-producing bacteria, promoting tomato root growth even in phosphorus-rich ...
One Year of Replanting Drains Soil Nutrients and Hands the Advantage to Fungal Pathogens in a Key Medicinal Herb
A controlled pot study shows that just one year of continuous cropping depletes potassium and nitrogen, suppresses soil dehydrogenase activity, ...
Nanobiochar Emerges as a Multilevel Shield Against Soil Salinity Stress in Crops
A new review in Plant and Soil details how nanoscale biochar helps crops tolerate soil salinity through physiological, molecular, and ...
Fungal Duo Slashes Pepper Blight by 90 Percent While Rewiring Soil Microbiome
Two strains of the beneficial fungus Trichoderma harzianum reduced red pepper Phytophthora blight incidence by 90.9 percent while promoting plant ...
Lactic Acid Bacteria Fertiliser Boosts Rapeseed Growth and Selenium Uptake, Study Finds
A selenium-enriched lactic acid bacterial fertiliser significantly improved rapeseed growth, organic selenium conversion, antioxidant defenses, rhizosphere microbial communities, and leaf ...
Soil Fungi and Phosphorus Unlock the Secret Behind a Prized Chinese Medicine’s Potency
Researchers discovered that a phosphate-dissolving Penicillium fungus and soil phosphorus availability explain why the medicinal herb Amomum villosum from China's ...
Organic Fertilizers Reshape the Hidden Fungal World of Soybean Roots
DNA sequencing of soybean rhizosphere soils in South Africa reveals that cattle dung and poultry waste fertilizers shape distinct fungal ...
Hidden Microbes Beneath Thailand’s Sacred Red Rice Could Replace Chemical Fertilizers
Researchers combined long-read shotgun metagenomics with culture-based screening to map the rhizosphere bacteria of Thailand's Sangyod rice and identify compatible ...
One Master Switch: How a Soil Bacterium Coordinates Warfare and Microbiome Reshaping
A new study reveals that the regulatory protein GacS acts as a master switch in Pseudomonas fluorescens, coordinating antibiotic production ...
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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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