Plants have evolved various belowground traits to adapt to the changing environments, and
root-associated soil microbes play a crucial role in the response, adaptation, and resilience …

Background: There is an increasing interest from the pharmaceutical and food industry in
natural antioxidant and bioactive compounds derived from plants as substitutes for synthetic …

In this study, we investigated the effect of positively and negatively charged Fe3O4 and TiO2
nanoparticles (NPs) on the growth of soybean plants (Glycine max.) and their root …

Temperate forests are threatened by urbanization and fragmentation, with over
20%(118,300 km2) of US forest land projected to be subsumed by urban land development …

Root respiration is essential for nutrient acquisition. The respiration rate of absorptive roots
theoretically relates to the economics of carbon‐nutrient exchange, but its empirical role …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbioses with most terrestrial plants and are
known to have a positive effect on plant growth and health. Different methodologies have …

Purpose Herbaceous plants are important components of temperate forest structure and its
functioning, however, their impacts on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) remain largely …

This study determined the influence of soil nitrogen and phosphorus on the colonisation
dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Dark Septate Endophytes (DSE) in …

The establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiosis is generally considered
an important pathway that assists ferns in their adaption to a variable environment in the …

The invasive plant, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), has the potential to affect soil microbial
communities and ecosystem processes in temperate hardwood forests primarily through the …