Review maps how plant chemistry shapes interactions in agriculture
A review finds that agricultural allelopathy depends on plant identity, chemical mixtures, soil processes, microbial transformations and realistic exposure.
Tag: root exudates
Plant physiology directs root microbiome assembly under stress
A 2026 review finds that plant physiology can guide root microbiome assembly under stress, but causal evidence linking recruitment, microbial ...
Experimental sucrose treatment linked to mucilage-like root exudates in bentgrass
An experimental study of three cool-season turfgrasses found species-specific responses to exogenous sucrose, including root mucilage-like exudation in creeping bentgrass ...
Plans Are Talking: How Plants Wire and Wireless Their Way Through the World
A new review synthesizes how plants communicate through volatile chemicals, root exudates, RNA signals, and fungal networks, and what this ...
Hidden Trade-Offs Between Plant Traits and Root Chemicals Drive Survival Under Decades of Grazing
A 22-year grazing experiment in an arid Chinese grassland reveals a conserved trade-off between plant functional trait coordination and rhizosphere ...
Soybean Roots Recruit Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria Through a Starvation Signal
New research reveals that the phosphate starvation response pathway in soybean recruits phosphate-solubilizing Burkholderia by regulating malate exudation, offering a ...
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 ...
Medicinal Plant Rewrites the Rules of Continuous Cropping Through a Single Sterol Enzyme
Researchers in China have shown that the enzyme AbDHCR7 drives accumulation of the ecdysteroid 20-hydroxyecdysone in Achyranthes bidentata, enabling the ...
Biochar May Turn Fleeting Root Carbon into a Lasting Soil Sink, Review Finds
A critical review in Plant and Soil finds that biochar could plausibly intercept labile root-exudate carbon and convert it into ...
Stressed Faba Bean Roots Call Wheat for Help, Triggering a Chemical Defense That Kills Wilt Fungus
New research reveals that stressed faba bean roots release chemical distress signals that induce wheat to secrete benzoxazinoids, which attract ...
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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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