The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plants, crops, and ecosystems: how should we prepare for what comes next?

SI Zandalinas, MÁ Peláez‐Vico, R Sinha… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of environmental conditions encountered by plants in the field, or in nature,
is gradually increasing due to anthropogenic activities that promote global warming, climate …

The mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers in genomics, ecology, and agricultural application

FM Martin, MGA van Der Heijden - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mycorrhizal symbioses between plants and fungi are vital for the soil structure, nutrient
cycling, plant diversity, and ecosystem sustainability. More than 250 000 plant species are …

Soil health is associated with higher primary productivity across Europe

F Romero, M Labouyrie, A Orgiazzi, C Ballabio… - Nature ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil health is expected to be of key importance for plant growth and ecosystem functioning.
However, whether soil health is linked to primary productivity across environmental …

Studying interactions among anthropogenic stressors in freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review of 2396 multiple‐stressor experiments

JA Orr, SJ Macaulay, A Mordente, B Burgess… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the interactions among anthropogenic stressors is critical for effective
conservation and management of ecosystems. Freshwater scientists have invested …

Microplastic pollution promotes soil respiration: A global‐scale meta‐analysis

S Zhao, MC Rillig, H Bing, Q Cui, T Qiu… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastic (MP) pollution likely affects global soil carbon (C) dynamics, yet it remains
uncertain how and to what extent MP influences soil respiration. Here, we report on a global …

Resistance of ecosystem services to global change weakened by increasing number of environmental stressors

G Zhou, N Eisenhauer, C Terrer, DJ Eldridge… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Terrestrial ecosystems are subjected to multiple global changes simultaneously. Yet, how an
increasing number of global changes impact the resistance of ecosystems to global change …

Simplification of soil biota communities impairs nutrient recycling and enhances above‐and belowground nitrogen losses

SF Bender, S Schulz, R Martínez‐Cuesta… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agriculture is a major source of nutrient pollution, posing a threat to the earth system
functioning. Factors determining the nutrient use efficiency of plant–soil systems need to be …

Sublethal chemical stimulation of arthropod parasitoids and parasites of agricultural and environmental importance

E Agathokleous, JD Blande, N Masui… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies have reported stimulation of various organisms in the
presence of environmental contaminants. This has created a need to critically evaluate …

The impact of multifactorial stress combination on reproductive tissues and grain yield of a crop plant

MÁ Peláez‐Vico, R Sinha, SP Induri, Z Lyu… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming, climate change, and industrial pollution are altering our environment
subjecting plants, microbiomes, and ecosystems to an increasing number and complexity of …

Microplastic diversity increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil

YF Wang, YJ Liu, YM Fu, JY Xu, TL Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The impact of microplastics on antibiotic resistance has attracted widespread attention.
However, previous studies primarily focused on the effects of individual microplastics. In …