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Current comprehensive meta-analysis study aims to explore how agroforestry practices influence soil quality across different climate zones. Since numerous studies proposed agroforestry as the promising agroeco...
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Interaction of nitrogen availability in the soil with leaf physiological traits and nodule formation of Robinia pseudoacacia-rhizobia symbiosis depends on provenance
The interaction between nitrogen (N) availability in the soil, rhizobia nodule formation and leaf physiological traits of Robinia pseudoacacia L. was explored at initial nodule development.
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The effects of petroleum contaminated soils on the growth, gas exchange and antioxidative level of sea-buckthorn
Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is widely domesticated and cultivated in orchards worldwide. With the advantages of a large root system and the symbiosis of fibrous roots with Frankia, a group of N2 fixing b...
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Open AccessPlastome variations reveal the distinct evolutionary scenarios of plastomes in the subfamily Cereoideae (Cactaceae)
The cactus family (Cactaceae) has been reported to have evolved a minimal photosynthetic plastome size, with the loss of inverted-repeat (IR) regions and NDH gene suites. However, there are very limited genomi...
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Open AccessSignificance of current weather conditions for foliar traits of old-growth sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl) trees
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Open AccessProtein expression plasticity contributes to heat and drought tolerance of date palm
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Open AccessNitrogen uptake capacity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) only partially depends on tree age
On calcareous soil, European beech roots prefer organic nitrogen, but only arginine and not glutamine or inorganic nitrogen.
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Open AccessInteractive regulation of root exudation and rhizosphere denitrification by plant metabolite content and soil properties
Root exudates are known to shape microbial activities in the rhizosphere and to be of fundamental importance for plant-soil-microbe-carbon–nitrogen interactions. However, it remains unclear how and to what ext...
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Open AccessFoliar P nutrition of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) depends on the season but remains unaffected by co-cultivation with silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)
Beech (Fagus sylvatica) and silver fir (Abies alba) are often cultivated in mixed stands and, hence, compete for water and nutrients. Besides nitrogen (N), also phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient for growth ...
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The Forgotten Nutrient—The Role of Nitrogen in Permafrost Soils of Northern China
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Seasonal dynamics and profiles of soil NO concentrations in a temperate forest
Soils are known to be significant sources of atmospheric nitric oxide (NO), a key compound in atmospheric chemistry. NO is a key regulating substance for inter- and intra-species signalling and competition and...
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Ecophysiological performance of four species of Clusiaceae with different modes of photosynthesis in a mosaic of riverine, rupestrian grasslands, and cerrado vegetation in SE-Brazil
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Atmospheric pCO2 impacts leaf structural and physiological traits in Quercus petraea seedlings
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Global metabolomics analysis reveals distinctive tolerance mechanisms in different plant organs of lentil (Lens culinaris) upon salinity stress
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Silver-fir (Abies alba MILL.) neighbors improve water relations of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), but do not affect N nutrition
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Nitrogen nutrition of beech forests in a changing climate: importance of plant-soil-microbe water, carbon, and nitrogen interactions
For 15+ years, a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) dominated forest on calcareous soil was studied on two opposing slopes with contrasting microclimate in Tuttlingen, Swabian Alb, Germany. The cool-humid NE aspect of th...
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Nitrogen nutrition of native and introduced forest tree species in N-limited ecosystems of the Qinling Mountains, China
Root N uptake capacity and soil C, N status indicate superior performance of a mixed forest stand with Larix and Quercus compared with the monocultures of Picea and Larix under N limitation condition.
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Characterization of photosynthetic acclimation in Phoenix dactylifera by a modified Arrhenius equation originally developed for leaf respiration
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A novel mechanistic interpretation of instantaneous temperature responses of leaf net photosynthesis
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Factors preventing the performance of oxygen isotope ratios as indicators of grain yield in maize
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