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Flooding and prolonged drought have differential legacy impacts on soil nitrogen cycling, microbial communities and plant productivity
Extreme climate events, including flooding and prolonged drought, may establish long-lasting (legacy) effects on soil abiotic and biotic properties, potentially influencing soil N-cycling, microbial communitie...
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Impacts of waterlogging on soil nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing communities in farming system
Waterlogging may affect soil nitrification rates, resulting in changes in plant-available nitrogen (N), and hence potentially influencing crop productivity. Because nitrification is a microbially-driven proces...
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Open AccessRoot morphogenic pathways in Eucalyptus grandis are modified by the activity of protein arginine methyltransferases
Methylation of proteins at arginine residues, catalysed by members of the protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) family, is crucial for the regulation of gene transcription and for protein function in eukar...
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Plant-soil interactions and nutrient availability determine the impact of elevated CO2 and temperature on cotton productivity
Elevated CO2 (CE) and temperature (TE) can not only affect crop physiology and growth but also soil nutrient availability, which could in turn influence crop response to CE and TE. However, such indirect impacts ...
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A new tool of the trade: plant-trait based approaches in microbial ecology
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Response of soil microbial communities to management strategies for enhancing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) establishment on heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland
Active management to encourage the expansion of native pine woodland onto neighbouring moorland has been suggested as a tool to promote increases in forest area to combat climate change. Low intensity burning ...
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Plant genotypic diversity does not beget root-fungal species diversity
The number of genetically distinct individuals within a community is a key component of biodiversity and yet its impact at different trophic levels, especially upon the diversity of functionally important soil...
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Does carbon partitioning in ectomycorrhizal pine seedlings under elevated CO2 vary with fungal species?
Enhanced soil respiration in response to elevated atmospheric CO2 has been demonstrated, and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are of particular interest since they partition host-derived photoassimilates belowground. ...
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Variation in nitrogen source utilisation by Pisolithus isolates maintained in axenic culture
The influence of various inorganic and organic nitrogen sources on biomass production by 17 isolates of Australian Pisolithus spp. was investigated before and after a 3-year maintenance period in axenic culture. ...