Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward

BK Singh, M Delgado-Baquerizo, E Egidi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Plant disease outbreaks pose significant risks to global food security and environmental
sustainability worldwide, and result in the loss of primary productivity and biodiversity that …

Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals

TW Crowther, R Rappuoli, C Corinaldesi, R Danovaro… - Cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protists, are essential to life
on Earth and the functioning of the biosphere. Here, we discuss the key roles of …

Acidification suppresses the natural capacity of soil microbiome to fight pathogenic Fusarium infections

X Li, D Chen, VJ Carrión, D Revillini, S Yin… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Soil-borne pathogens pose a major threat to food production worldwide, particularly under
global change and with growing populations. Yet, we still know very little about how the soil …

Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe

S Banerjee, C Zhao, G Garland, A Edlinger… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Soil fungi are a key constituent of global biodiversity and play a pivotal role in
agroecosystems. How arable farming affects soil fungal biogeography and whether it has a …

Water availability creates global thresholds in multidimensional soil biodiversity and functions

J Zhang, Y Feng, FT Maestre, M Berdugo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Soils support an immense portion of Earth's biodiversity and maintain multiple ecosystem
functions which are essential for human well-being. Environmental thresholds are known to …

The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat

GF Ficetola, S Marta, A Guerrieri, I Cantera, A Bonin… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …

Litter and soil biodiversity jointly drive ecosystem functions

S Liu, C Plaza, R Ochoa‐Hueso, C Trivedi… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The decomposition of litter and the supply of nutrients into and from the soil are two
fundamental processes through which the above‐and belowground world interact. Microbial …

Bacterial genome size and gene functional diversity negatively correlate with taxonomic diversity along a pH gradient

C Wang, QY Yu, NN Ji, Y Zheng, JW Taylor… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Bacterial gene repertoires reflect adaptive strategies, contribute to ecosystem functioning
and are limited by genome size. However, gene functional diversity does not necessarily …

Positive associations fuel soil biodiversity and ecological networks worldwide

X Liu, H Chu, O Godoy, K Fan… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - National Acad Sciences
Microbial interactions are key to maintaining soil biodiversity. However, whether negative or
positive associations govern the soil microbial system at a global scale remains virtually …

Climate change and cropland management compromise soil integrity and multifunctionality

M Sünnemann, R Beugnon, C Breitkreuz… - … Earth & Environment, 2023‏ - nature.com
Soils provide essential ecosystem functions that are threatened by climate change and
intensified land use. We explore how climate and land use impact multiple soil function …