Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are beneficial soil microorganisms that can
stimulate plant growth and increase tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Some PGPR are …

Regional-scale hydrological investigations that involve vegetation change usually neglect
root-induced modification (RIM) of soil hydraulic properties (SHP). However, there is …

Geneticists and breeders are positioned to breed plants with root traits that improve
productivity under drought. However, a better understanding of root functional traits and how …

Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient crop** systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

Despite often being conceptualized as a thin layer of soil around roots, the rhizosphere is
actually a dynamic system of interacting processes. Hiltner originally defined the …

Glycoproteins, eg, glomalin related soil proteins (GRSP), are sticky organic substances
produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). This review summarizes the information on …

Due to its influence on multiple soil processes, water intervenes in biogeochemical cycles at
multiple spatial scales with contrasting effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. On all …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Many hydrological models including root water uptake (RWU) do not consider the dimension
of root system hydraulic architecture (HA) because explicitly solving water flow in such a …

Background It is known that the soil near roots, the so-called rhizosphere, has physical and
chemical properties different from those of the bulk soil. Rhizosphere properties are the …