Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

L Philippot, JM Raaijmakers, P Lemanceau… - Nature reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
The rhizosphere is the interface between plant roots and soil where interactions among a
myriad of microorganisms and invertebrates affect biogeochemical cycling, plant growth and …

Deciphering the role of specialist and generalist plant–microbial interactions as drivers of plant–soil feedback

M Semchenko, KE Barry, FT de Vries… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Feedback between plants and soil microbial communities can be a powerful driver of
vegetation dynamics. Plants elicit changes in the soil microbiome that either promote or …

When and where plant‐soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta‐analysis

KM Crawford, JT Bauer, LS Comita, MB Ep**a… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐soil feedback (PSF) theory provides a powerful framework for understanding plant
dynamics by integrating growth assays into predictions of whether soil communities stabilise …

Maintenance of plant species diversity by pathogens

JD Bever, SA Mangan… - Annual review of ecology …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
We present strong evidence that pathogens play a critical role in structuring plant
communities and maintaining plant diversity. Pathogens mediate plant species coexistence …

Plant–soil feedbacks and temporal dynamics of plant diversity–productivity relationships

MP Thakur, WH van der Putten, RA Wilschut… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Plant–soil feedback (PSF) and diversity–productivity relationships are important research
fields to study drivers and consequences of changes in plant biodiversity. While studies …

Drivers of the composition of active rhizosphere bacterial communities in temperate grasslands

S Vieira, J Sikorski, S Dietz, K Herz… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The active bacterial rhizobiomes and root exudate profiles of phytometers of six plant
species growing in central European temperate grassland communities were investigated in …

Plant diversity represents the prevalent determinant of soil fungal community structure across temperate grasslands in northern China

YL Chen, TL Xu, SD Veresoglou, HW Hu… - Soil Biology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fungi play an important regulating role in terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, their
biogeographic distribution patterns along combined gradients of plant communities and …

Microbial community responses to anthropogenically induced environmental change: towards a systems approach

A Bissett, MV Brown, SD Siciliano, PH Thrall - Ecology letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The soil environment is essential to many ecosystem services which are primarily mediated
by microbial communities. Soil physical and chemical conditions are altered on local and …

Soil microbial legacy drives crop diversity advantage: Linking ecological plant–soil feedback with agricultural intercrop**

G Wang, S Bei, J Li, X Bao, J Zhang… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of the soil microbiome in mediating plant community structures and
functions has been increasingly emphasized in ecological studies, the biological processes …

The role of community and population ecology in applying mycorrhizal fungi for improved food security

A Rodriguez, IR Sanders - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The global human population is expected to reach∼ 9 billion by 2050. Feeding this many
people represents a major challenge requiring global crop yield increases of up to 100 …