Maize Roots Secretly Feed Peanut Potassium in Intercropping Breakthrough
New research shows that maize root exudates rich in organic acids acidify the rhizosphere and unlock soil potassium, rescuing potassium-stressed ...
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When Floods Suffocate Soil: How Roots Rewire Their Microbial Allies Underwater
A new review reveals how flooding transforms root exudates and soil redox chemistry to restructure rhizosphere microbial communities, with implications ...
Plant Tannins Reshape Soil Minerals Into Super Fertilizers That Boost Crops
Researchers harnessed plant-derived tannic acid to disrupt the crystallinity of soil minerals, creating hybrid fertilizers that released far more phosphorus ...
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 ...
Bacterial Duo Supercharges Olive Roots and Rewrites Their Chemical Signals
Italian researchers found that inoculating olive plants with a consortium of Azospirillum and Methylobacterium boosted root and shoot biomass by ...
Seagrass Survives Coastal Pollution by Splitting Microbial Labor Between Root Zones
A field study along a tropical nutrient and sulfide gradient shows that seagrasses reconfigure root exudates and compartmentalize microbial functions ...
Cutting Nitrogen Fertilizer by 15 Percent Makes Cotton Grow Better, Study Finds
A moderate 15 percent cut in nitrogen fertilizer boosted cotton yield and nitrogen use efficiency by reshaping root architecture and ...
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 ...
Invasive Roots Do Not Silence Soil Microbes, They Just Make Them Wasteful
A laboratory microcosm study shows that root extracts of invasive Impatiens glandulifera do not suppress soil microbial activity but instead ...
Plantain Roots Quiet the Soil Microbes That Turn Fertilizer Into Pollutants
New Zealand researchers have shown that ribwort plantain and even perennial ryegrass suppress soil nitrification through a broader suite of ...
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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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