The development of high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies has greatly improved
our capacity to identify fungi and unveil their ecological roles across a variety of ecosystems …

Plant pathogenic microorganisms cause substantial yield losses in several economically
important crops, resulting in economic and social adversity. The spread of such plant …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has gained growing attention as a strategy for
monitoring biodiversity in ecology. However, taxa identifications produced through …

Our knowledge of microbial biogeography has advanced in recent years, yet we lack
knowledge of the global diversity of some important functional groups. Here, we used …

The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal inoculants as a means to promote plant
growth is gaining momentum worldwide. Although there is an increasing number of …

Aim Organisms on our planet form spatially congruent and functionally distinct communities,
which at large geographical scales are called “biomes”. Understanding their pattern and …

Belowground insect herbivory is an important interaction that can shape ecological
communities above-and belowground. A key component of belowground ecosystems are …

Cover crops (CCs) were found to improve soil health by increasing plant diversity and
ground cover. They may also improve water supply for cash crops by reducing evaporation …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a ubiquitous group of plant symbionts, yet processes
underlying their global assembly—in particular the roles of dispersal limitation and historical …

The introduction of temporary grassland into an annual crop rotation is recognized to
improve soil ecosystem services, and resulting legacies can be beneficial for the following …