Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) breeding aims to select more productive and uniform
plant varieties, impacting various plant traits, including root characters. Changes in root traits …

Background Climate change and human activities are shifting plant species distributions,
relocating plant litter to new environments. The home-field advantage (HFA) is a …

Background: Plants evolved alongside microbes, enabling plants to better cope with abiotic
and biotic stresses. The interactions between plant roots and local soil microbes are critical …

Locally dominant and highly productive species affect diversity through competitive
interactions with subordinate species. Across environmental gradients the competitiveness …

Microbially mediated plant-soil feedbacks drive patterns of plant growth, competitive ability,
succession, and community composition. Although rare plant species maintain unique …

In dryland ecosystems, plant productivity and microbial decomposition are often separated
in space and time due to the asynchronous availability of soil moisture and organic matter …