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In this study, we increased snow depth and thereby cold-season soil temperatures in high Arctic Svalbard in two vegetation types spanning three moisture regimes. We measured growing-season availability of ammonium (NH4 +), nitrate (NO3 \u2212), total dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (TON) in soil; C, N, \u03b415N and chlorophyll content in Salix polaris leaves; and leaf sizes of Salix, Bistorta vivipara, and Luzula arcuata at peak season. Nutrient availability was significantly higher with increased snow depth in the two mesic meadow vegetation types, but not in the drier heath vegetation. Nitrogen concentrations and \u03b415N values of Salix leaves were significantly higher in all vegetation types, but the leaf sizes were unchanged. Leaves of Bistorta and Luzula were significantly larger but only significantly so in one moist vegetation type. Increased N and chlorophyll concentrations in leaves indicate a potential for increased growth (C uptake), supported by large leaf sizes for some species. Responses to cold-season soil warming are vegetation type- and species-specific, with potentially stronger responses in moister vegetation types. This study therefore highlights the contrasting effect of snow in a tundra landscape and has important implications for projections of whole tundra responses to climate change", "keywords": ["winter processes", "Mineralization", "Winter processes", "4. Education", "plant growth", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Svalbard", "Arctic", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "13. 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However, because plant-earthworm inter- actions are potentially mediated by soil characteristics the response of plants to earthworms should depend on the soil type. In a greenhouse microcosm experiment, the responsiveness of plants (Veronica persica, Trifolium dubium and Poa annua) to two earthworm species (in combination or not) belonging to different functional groups (Aporrectodea. caliginosa an endogeic species, Lumbricus terrestris an anecic species) was measured in term of biomass accumulation. This responsiveness was compared in two soils (nutrient rich and nutrient poor) and two mineral fertilization treatments (with and without). The main significant effects on plant growth were due to the anecic earthworm species. L. terrestris increased the shoot biomass and the total biomass of T. dubium only in the rich soil. It increased also the total biomass of P. annua without mineral fertilization but had the opposite effect with fertilization. Mineral fertilization, in the presence of L. terrestris, also reduced the total biomass of V. persica. L. terrestris did not only affect plant growth. In P. annua and V. persica A. caliginosa and L. terrestris also affected the shoot/root ratio and this effect depended on soil type. Finally, few significant interactions were found between the anecic and the endogeic earthworms and these interactions did not depend on the soil type. A general idea would be that earthworms mostly increase plant growth through the enhancement of mineralization and that earthworm effects should decrease in nutrient-rich soils or with mineral fertilization. However, our results show that this view does not hold and that other mechanisms are influential.", "keywords": ["580", "[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "L. terrestris", "Shootroot ratio", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil type", "15. 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Biochar production and its use in agriculture can play a key role in climate change mitigation and help improve the quality and management of waste materials coming from agriculture and forestry. Biochar is a carbonaceous material obtained from thermal decomposition of residual biomass at relatively low temperature and under oxygen limited conditions (pyrolysis). Biochar is currently a subject of active research worldwide because it can constitute a viable option for sustainable agriculture due to its potential as a long-term sink for carbon in soil and benefits for crops. However, to date, the results of research studies on biochar effects on crop production show great variability, depending on the biochar type and experimental conditions. Therefore, it is important to identify the beneficial aspects of biochar addition to soil on crop yield in order to promote the adoption of this practice in agriculture. In this study, the effects of two types of biochar from agricultural wastes typical of Southern Spain: wheat straw and olive tree pruning, combined with different mineral fertilization levels on the growth and yield of wheat (Triticum durum L. cv. Vitron) were evaluated. Durum wheat was pot-grown for 2 months in a growth chamber on a soil collected from an agricultural field near C\u00f3rdoba, Southern Spain. Soil properties and plant growth variables were studied in order to assess the agronomic efficiency of biochar. Our results show that biochar addition to a nutrientpoor, slightly acidic loamy sand soil had little effect on wheat yield in the absence of mineral fertilization. However, at the highest mineral fertilizer rate, addition of biochar led to about 20\u201330 % increase in grain yield compared with the use of the mineral fertilizer alone. Both biochars acted as a source of available P, which led to beneficial effects on crop production. In contrast, the addition of biochar resulted in decreases in available N and Mn. A maximum reduction in plant nutrient concentration of 25 and 80% compared to nonbiochar-treated soils for N and Mn, respectively, was detected. This fact was related to the own nature of biochar: low available nitrogen content, high adsorption capacity, and low mineralization rate for N; and alkaline pH and high carbonate content for Mn. Our results indicate that biochar-based soil management strategies can enhance wheat production with the environmental benefits of global warming mitigation. This can contribute positively to the viability and benefits of agricultural production systems. However, the nutrient\u2013biochar interactions should receive special attention due to the great variability in the properties of biochar-type materials.", "keywords": ["2. 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We studied the effects of TPs at environmentally relevant concentrations along a wide concentration gradient (0\uffe2\uff80\uff93160 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and tested the effects on plant growth, soil pH and the key ecosystem process of litter decomposition and soil respiration. The addition of TPs negatively affected shoot and root growth already at low concentrations. Tea litter decomposition slightly increased with lower additions of TPs but decreased later on. Soil pH increased until a TP concentration of 80 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and leveled off afterwards. Soil respiration clearly increased with increasing concentration of added TPs. Plant growth was likely reduced with starting contamination and stopped when contamination reached a certain level in the soil. The presence of TPs altered a number of biogeochemical soil parameters that can have further effects on plant performance. Considering the quantities of yearly produced TPs, their persistence, and toxic potential, we assume that these particles will eventually have a significant impact on terrestrial ecosystems.</p>", "keywords": ["570", "Soil respiration ; Soil pH ; Litter decomposition ; Microplastic pollution ; Tire particles ; Soil Pollution", " Control", " and Remediation ; Research Article ; Plant growth", "Litter decomposition", "Soil respiration", "Soil pH", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Microplastic pollution", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "Tire particles", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Plant growth", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Ecology%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s42832-021-0114-2"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/microorganisms8101506", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-08-24", "title": "Microbiome Management by Biological and Chemical Treatments in Maize Is Linked to Plant Health", "description": "<p>The targeted application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) provides the key for a future sustainable agriculture with reduced pesticide application. PGPR interaction with the indigenous microbiota is poorly understood but essential to develop reliable applications. Therefore, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila SPA-P69 was applied as seed coating and in combination with a fungicide based on the active ingredients fludioxonil, metalaxyl-M, captan and ziram. Plant performance and rhizosphere composition of treated and non-treated maize plants of two field trials were analyzed. Plant health was significantly increased by treatment; however overall corn yield was not changed. By applying high-throughput amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA and the ITS genes, the bacterial and fungal changes in the rhizosphere due to different treatments were determined. Despite treatments had a significant impact on the rhizosphere microbiota (9- 12%), the field site was identified as main driver (27- 37%). Soil microbiota composition from each site was significantly different, which explains the site-specific effects. In this study we were able to show first indications how PGPR treatments increase plant health via microbiome shifts in a site-specific manner. This way first steps towards a detailed understanding of PGPRs and developments of consistently efficient applications in diverse environments are set.</p>", "keywords": ["<i>Zea mays</i>", "2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "plant growth promoting rhizobacteria", "QH301-705.5", "15. Life on land", "maize", "Zea mays", "Article", "12. Responsible consumption", "corn", "03 medical and health sciences", "agricultural_sciences_agronomy", "fungicide", "16S rRNA gene", "ITS", "Biology (General)", "rhizosphere"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/10/1506/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/10/1506/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101506"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/microorganisms8101506", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/microorganisms8101506", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/microorganisms8101506"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-08-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122243", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:15:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-07-21", "title": "Species-dependent responses of crop plants to polystyrene microplastics", "description": "Only recently there has been a strong focus on the impacts of microplastics on terrestrial crop plants. This study aims to examine and compare the effects of microplastics on two monocotyledonous (barley, Hordeum vulgare and wheat, Triticum aestivum), and two dicotyledonous (carrot, Daucus carota and lettuce, Lactuca sativa) plant species through two complimentary experiments. First, we investigated the effects of low, medium, and high (103, 105, 107 particles per mL) concentrations of 500\u00a0nm polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) on seed germination and early development. We found species-dependent effects on the early development, with microplastics only significantly affecting lettuce and carrot. When acutely exposed during germination, PS-MPs significantly delayed the germination of lettuce by 24%, as well as promoted the shoot growth of carrot by 71% and decreased its biomass by 26%. No effect was recorded on monocot species. Secondly, we performed a chronic (21\u00a0d) hydroponic experiment on lettuce and wheat. We observed that PS-MPs significantly reduced the shoot growth of lettuce by up to 35% and increased its biomass by up to 64%, while no record was reported on wheat. In addition, stress level indicators and defence mechanisms were significantly up-regulated in both lettuce and wheat seedlings. Overall, this study shows that PS-MPs affect plant development: impacts were recorded on both germination and growth for dicots, and responses identified by biochemical markers of stress were increased in both lettuce and wheat. This highlights species-dependent effects as the four crops were grown under identical conditions to allow direct comparison. For future research, our study emphasizes the need to focus on crop specific effects, while also working towards knowledge of plastic-induced impacts at environmentally relevant conditions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "microplastics", "Microplastics", "Microplastic", "ta1183", "seed germination", "Biochemical indicators of stress", "Agriculture", "Germination", "plant growth", "15. Life on land", "Seed germination", "Seedlings", "Polystyrenes", "microplastic", "Plastics", "Triticum", "agriculture", "Plant growth", "Lactuca"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122243"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122243", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122243", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122243"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173265", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:16:37Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-05-15", "title": "Comparing the impact of microplastics derived from a biodegradable and a conventional plastic mulch on plant performance", "description": "Agricultural lands have been identified as plastic sinks. One source is plastic mulches, which are a source of micro- and nano-sized plastics in agricultural soils. Because of their persistence, there is now a push towards developing biodegradable plastics, which are designed to undergo (partial) breakdown after entering the environment. Yet, limited research has investigated the impacts of both conventional and biodegradable plastics on distinct plants. Moreover, comparisons among studies are difficult due to differences in experimental design. This study directly compares the effects of artificially weathered conventional polyethylene (PE) and starch-based biodegradable polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) on four food crops, including two monocots (barley, Hordeum vulgare, and wheat, Triticum aestivum L.) and two dicots (carrot, Daucus carota, and lettuce, Lactuca sativa L.). We investigated the effects of environmentally relevant low, medium, and high (0.01\u00a0%, 0.1\u00a0%, 1\u00a0% w/w) concentrations of PE and starch-PBAT blend on seed germination (acute toxicity), and subsequently on plant growth and chlorophyll through a pot-plant experiment (chronic toxicity). Germination of all species was not affected by both plastics. However, root length was reduced for lettuce and wheat seedlings. No other effects were recorded on monocots. We observed a reduction in shoot length and bud wet weight of carrot seedlings for the highest concentration of PE and starch-PBAT blend. Chronic exposure resulted in a significant decrease in shoot biomass of barley and lettuce. Additionally, a positive increase in the number of leaves of lettuce was observed for both plastics. Chlorophyll content was increased in lettuce when exposed to PE and starch-PBAT blend. Overall, adverse effects in dicots were more abundant than in monocots. Importantly, we found that the biodegradable plastic caused more commonly adverse effects on plants compared to conventional plastic, which was confirmed by a mini-review of studies directly comparing the impact of conventional and biodegradable microplastics.", "keywords": ["Microplastics", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "seed germination", "Germination", "Biodegradable Plastics", "02 engineering and technology", "myrkyllisyys", "01 natural sciences", "630", "maatalous", "Soil Pollutants", "Triticum", "agriculture", "Plant growth", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "mikromuovi", "580", "2. Zero hunger", "Toxicity", "kasvien kasvu", "Microplastic", "toxicity", "Agriculture", "Hordeum", "it\u00e4minen", "plant growth", "biodegradable plastic", "15. Life on land", "Biodegradable plastic", "Seed germination", "biohajoaminen", "6. 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The metal(loid) attenuation ability of 10 emergent macrophyte species (Carex riparia, Cyperus longus, Cyperus rotundus, Iris pseudacorus, Juncus effusus, Lythrum salicaria, Menta aquatica, Phragmites australis, Scirpus holoschoenus, and Typha angustifolia) was investigated using real groundwater from an industrial site, over a 90-day exposure period. A 'phytobial' treatment was included, with 3 plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial strains. Plants exposed to the polluted water generally showed similar or reduced aerial biomass compared to the controls, except for C. riparia. This species, along with M. aquatica, exhibited improved biomass after bioaugmentation. Phytoremediation mechanisms accounted for more than 60% of As, Cd, Cu, Ni, and Pb removal, whilst abiotic mechanisms contributed to \u223c80% removal of Fe and Zn. Concentrations of metal(loid)s in the roots were generally between 10-100 times higher than in the aerial parts. The macrophytes in this work can be considered 'underground attenuators', more appropriate for rhizostabilization strategies, especially L. salicaria, M. aquatica, S. holoschoenus, and T. angustifolia. For I. pseudacorus, C. longus, and C. riparia; harvesting the aerial parts could be a complementary phytoextraction approach to further remove Pb and Zn. Of all the plants, S. holoschoenus showed the best balance between biomass production and uptake of multiple metal(loid)s. Results also suggest that multiple phytostrategies may be possible for the same plant depending on the final remedial aim. Phytobial approaches need to be further assessed for each macrophyte species.", "keywords": ["Rhizostabilization", "Metalloid", "Biotecnolog\u00eda", "Biolog\u00eda molecular", "Emergent macrophyte", "Metal", "Molecular biology", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "6. Clean water", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "Lead", "13. 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Plants primarily access water through their roots. Root traits such as branching are highly sensitive to water availability, enabling plants to adapt their root architecture to match soil moisture distribution. Lateral root adaptive responses hydropatterning and xerobranching ensure new branches only form when roots are in direct contact with moist soil. Root traits are also strongly influenced by atmospheric humidity, where a rapid drop leads to a promotion of root growth and branching. The plant hormones auxin and/or abscisic acid (ABA) play key roles in regulating these adaptive responses. We discuss how these signals are part of a novel 'water-sensing' mechanism that couples hormone movement with hydrodynamics to orchestrate root branching responses.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Water", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "6. Clean water", "Abscisic Acid"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102405"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Current%20Opinion%20in%20Plant%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102405", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102405", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102405"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.05.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:16:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-06-19", "title": "Effects Of The Earthworm Pontoscolex Corethrurus On Banana Plants Infected Or Not With The Plant-Parasitic Nematode Radopholus Similis", "description": "Summary   Radopholus similis is a worldwide endoparasitic nematode that greatly hampers banana (Musa acuminata, Cavendish subgroup) productivity. Earthworms are known to closely interact with above-ground and under-ground soil biota and particularly with plants and microfaunal communities. This study was aimed at investigating, under greenhouse conditions, the effects of the earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on banana growth and nutrient uptake, and assessing the influences of this earthworm on the development of an inoculated population of R. similis. Six-week-old tissue culture banana plants were submitted to four treatments: with P. corethrurus, R. similis, P. corethrurus+R. similis, and a control with no earthworms or nematodes. At the end of the experiment, the P. corethrurus treatments showed significantly higher leaf surface areas, shoot dry root weights, and root fresh weights than those without earthworms. This root growth enhancement probably contributed to the evident but non-significant decrease in the density of nematodes in the roots, even though earthworms did not reduce the total number of nematodes per whole root system. Moreover, the presence of earthworms slightly alleviated the severity of root damage. N bioavailability in the soil, along with N, Ca, and Mg content of banana plants, were also significantly increased in the presence of earthworms. Our results demonstrated that banana plant growth and nutrition were positively influenced by earthworms. Cropping practices that boost the development of earthworm communities in soil should therefore be promoted to enhance sustainability and to naturally alleviate nematode impact.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "PRATYLENCHIDAE", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "endogeic species", "nutrient uptake", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29111", "pratylenchidae", "F62 - Physiologie v\u00e9g\u00e9tale - Croissance et d\u00e9veloppement", "lutte antin\u00e9matode", "Musa acuminata", "630", "[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "absorption de substances nutritives", "Oligochaeta", "GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4993", "580", "2. 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Even though plastic mulch is widely used, the effects of macro- and micro- plastic residues on the soil-plant system and the agroecosystem are largely unknown. In this study, low density polyethylene and one type of starch-based biodegradable plastic mulch film were selected and used as examples of macro- and micro- sized plastic residues. A pot experiment was performed in a climate chamber to determine what effect mixing 1% concentration of residues of these plastics with sandy soil would have on wheat growth in the presence and absence of earthworms. The results showed that macro- and micro- plastic residues affected both above-ground and below-ground parts of the wheat plant during both vegetative and reproductive growth. The type of plastic mulch films used had a strong effect on wheat growth with the biodegradable plastic mulch showing stronger negative effects as compared to polyethylene. The presence of earthworms had an overall positive effect on the wheat growth and chiefly alleviated the impairments made by plastic residues.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Biodegradable mulch film", "Plastic residues", "Agroecosystem", "Microplastics", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Agriculture", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "Soil", "13. 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Here, we conducted a pot experiment in a net house under natural condition by adding two types of MPs, low-density polyethylene (LDPE-MPs) and polylactic acid (PLA) mixed with poly-butylene-adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT, Bio-MPs), to sandy soil at 5 doses (0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5% \u03c9/\u03c9 dry soil weight). The effects of LDPE-MPs and Bio-MPs on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) were tested. Compared to control (no MPs addition), LDPE-MPs showed no significant effects on shoot, root and fruit biomass while \u22651.0% LDPE-MPs showed significant higher specific root nodules (n\u00b7g-1 dry root biomass) and only 2.5% LDPE-MPs showed significant higher specific root length (cm\u00b7g-1 dry root biomass). 1.0% LDPE-MPs caused significant higher leaf area and 0.5% LDPE-MPs caused significant lower leaf relative chlorophyll content. For Bio-MPs treatment, compared to control, \u22651.5% Bio-MPs showed significant lower shoot and root biomass. \u22652.0% Bio-MPs showed significant lower leaf area and fruit biomass. All Bio-MPs treatments showed significant higher specific root length and specific root nodules as compared to control. The results of the current research show that both MPs induced the responses of common bean growth, and \u22651.5% Bio-MPs exerted stronger effects. Further studies of their ecological impacts on soil-plant systems are urgently needed.", "keywords": ["Phaseolus", "2. Zero hunger", "Microplastics", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. 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However, the relative importance of the different mechanisms advanced to explain such a stimulatory effect has never been tested. In a laboratory experiment, we observed increased growth of rice plants in the presence of earthworms (Millsonia anomala, Megascolecidae) and demonstrated that enhanced nitrogen release (generally considered as the principal mechanism involved in earthworm positive effect on plants) was not responsible for this result: earthworms had the same stimulatory effect on plant growth (+20%) irrespective of whether the soil (provided with different amounts of mineral-N fertilizer) was either N-limited or N-saturated. We discuss alternative explanations for the observed variations in rice production.", "keywords": ["580", "Nitrogen gradient", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Mineralization", "nitrogen gradient", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Mechanisms affecting plant growth", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "Earthworm", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "mineralization", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "earthworm", "mechanisms affecting plant growth"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://hal-bioemco.ccsd.cnrs.fr/bioemco-00448744/file/Blouin_et_al.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.12.023"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.12.023", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.12.023", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.12.023"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161211", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-01-10", "title": "Nano- and microplastics commonly cause adverse impacts on plants at environmentally relevant levels: A systematic review", "description": "Over the last years there has been significant research on the presence and effects of plastics in terrestrial systems. Here we summarize current research findings on the effects of nano- and microplastics (NMPs) on terrestrial plants, with the aim to determine patterns of response and sensitive endpoints. We conducted a systematic review (based on 78 studies) on the effects of NMPs on germination, plant growth and biochemical biomarkers. This review highlights that the majority of studies to date have used pristine polystyrene or polyethylene particles, either in a hydroponic or pot-plant setup. Based on these studies we found that effects on plants are widespread. We noted similar responses between and within monocots and dicots to NMPs, except for consistent lower germination seen in dicots exposed to NMPs. During early development, germination and root growth are more strongly affected compared to shoot growth. NMPs induced similar adverse growth effects on plant biomass and length in the most tested plant species (lettuce, wheat, corn, and rice) irrespective of the polymer type and size used. Moreover, biomarker responses were consistent across species; chlorophyll levels were commonly negatively affected, while stress indicators (e.g., ROS or free radicals) and stress respondents (e.g., antioxidant enzymes) were consistently upregulated. In addition, effects were commonly observed at environmentally relevant levels. These findings provide clear evidence that NMPs have wide-ranging impacts on plant performance. However, as most studies have been conducted under highly controlled conditions and with pristine plastics, there is an urgent need to test under more environmentally realistic conditions to ensure the lab-based studies can be extrapolated to the field.", "keywords": ["Microplastics", "Terrestrial plants", "Systematic review", "Germination", "Nanoplastics", "Biochemical stress", "Biomass", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Seed germination", "Plastics", "Nano- and microplastic", "Plant growth"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/458821/1/prod_478312-doc_195935.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161211"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161211", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161211", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161211"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/s1002-0160(21)60061-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:17:07Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-12-08", "title": "Rhizosphere microbiomes can regulate plant drought tolerance", "description": "Project Co-ordinators: Dr. Jose Alfonso G\u00f3mez Calero (Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CISC), Dr. Weifeng Xu (Fujian Agriculture and Forest University, FAFU). Beneficial root-associated rhizospheric microbes play a key role in maintaining host plant growth and can potentially allow drought-resilient crop production. The complex interaction of root-associated microbes mainly depends on soil type, plant genotype, and soil moisture. However, drought is the most devastating environmental stress that strongly reduces soil biota and can restrict plant growth and yield. In this review, we discussed our mechanistic understanding of drought and microbial response traits. Additionally, we highlighted the role of beneficial microbes and plant-derived metabolites in alleviating drought stress and improving crop growth. We proposed that future research might focus on evaluating the dynamics of root-beneficial microbes under field drought conditions. The integrative use of ecology, microbial, and molecular approaches may serve as a promising strategy to produce more drought-resilient and sustainable crops. We are grateful for the grant support from the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2017YFE0118100 and 2018YFD02003025), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31761130073, 31872169, and 31600209), a Newton Advanced Fellowship, UK (NO. NA160430), Fujian Province Education Department Funding, China (No. JK2017015), Research Grant of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China (No. KXGH17005), and European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Project SHui (No. 773903). Peer reviewed", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Drought stress", "0303 health sciences", "Root-microbe association", "15. Life on land", "Biota", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "Phytohormone", "13. 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Changes in auxin concentration are often attributed to changes in shoot-derived long-distance auxin flow. However, recent evidence suggests important contributions by short-distance auxin transport from local storage and local auxin biosynthesis, conjugation, and oxidation during abiotic stress. We discuss here current knowledge on long-distance auxin transport in stress responses, and subsequently debate how short-distance auxin transport and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) metabolism play a role in influencing eventual auxin accumulation and signaling patterns. Our analysis stresses the importance of considering all these components together and highlights the use of mathematical modeling for predictions of plant physiological responses.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "abiotic stress", "Indoleacetic Acids", "auxin transport", "mathematical modeling", "Biological Transport", "IAA homeostasis", "Models", " Theoretical", "Plants", "Plant Roots", "Article", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "root phenotypic plasticity", "Stress", " Physiological", "auxin", "Plant Physiological Phenomena", "Signal Transduction"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.05.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Trends%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.tplants.2018.05.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.tplants.2018.05.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.05.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100104", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:17:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-08-21", "title": "No Home without Hormones: How Plant Hormones Control Legume Nodule Organogenesis", "description": "The establishment of symbiotic nitrogen fixation requires the coordination of both nodule development and infection events. Despite the evolution of a variety of anatomical structures, nodule organs serve\u00a0a common purpose in establishing a localized area that facilitates efficient nitrogen fixation. As in all plant developmental processes, the establishment of a new nodule organ is regulated by plant hormones. During nodule initiation, regulation of plant hormone signaling is one of the major targets of symbiotic signaling. We review the role of major developmental hormones in the initiation of the nodule organ and argue that the manipulation of plant hormones is a key requirement for engineering nitrogen fixation in non-legumes as the basis for improved food security and sustainability.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. 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The spectrum runs from quick to slow return on investments of nutrients and dry mass in leaves, and operates largely independently of growth form, plant functional type or biome. Categories along the spectrum would, in general, describe leaf economic variation at the global scale better than plant functional types, because functional types overlap substantially in their leaf traits. Overall, modulation of leaf traits and trait relationships by climate is surprisingly modest, although some striking and significant patterns can be seen. Reliable quantification of the leaf economics spectrum and its interaction with climate will prove valuable for modelling nutrient fluxes and vegetation boundaries under changing land-use and climate.", "keywords": ["leaf traits", "0106 biological sciences", "INVESTMENT", "Climate", "Rain", "CLIMATE CHANGE", "SEED PRODUCTION", "01 natural sciences", "spectrum", "BIOMASS", "dry mass", "Biologie/Milieukunde (BIOL)", "MODELS", " BIOLOGICAL", "CLIMATE EFFECT", "Nutritional Physiological Phenomena", "Biomass", "Photosynthesis", "LAND USE", "PRIORITY JOURNAL", "functional-groups", "biodiversity", "ALLOMETRY", "2. 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In response, plants deploy distinct yet interconnected mechanisms to cope with these facets of salinity stress. In this investigation, we observed a substantial overlap in the salt (NaCl)-induced transcriptional responses of             Arabidopsis             roots with those triggered by osmotic stress or the plant stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA), as anticipated. Notably, a specific cluster of genes responded uniquely to sodium (Na             +             ) ions and are not regulated by the known monovalent cation sensing mechanism             MOCA1             . Surprisingly, expression of sodium-induced genes exhibited a negative correlation with the ABA response and preceded the activation of genes induced by the osmotic stress component of salt. Elevated exogenous ABA levels resulted in the complete abolition of sodium-induced responses. Consistently, the ABA insensitive             snrk2.2/2.3             double mutant displayed prolonged sodium-induced gene expression, coupled with increased root cell damage and root swelling under high salinity conditions. Moreover, ABA biosynthesis and signaling mutants were unable to redirect root growth to avoid high sodium concentrations and had increased sodium accumulation in the shoot. In summary, our findings unveil an unexpected and pivotal role for ABA signaling in mitigating cellular damage induced by salinity stress and modulating sodium-induced responses in plant roots.           </p", "keywords": ["Salinity", "root development", "Arabidopsis Proteins", "Sodium", "Arabidopsis", "salt signaling", "sodium stress", "Biological Sciences", "Sodium Chloride", "Plant Roots", "Salt Stress", "salinity", "abscisic acid", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Gene Expression Regulation", " Plant", "Osmotic Pressure", "Abscisic Acid", "Signal Transduction"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jasper Lamers, Yanxia Zhang, Eva van Zelm, Cheuk Ka Leong, A. Jessica Meyer, Thijs de Zeeuw, Francel Verstappen, Mark Veen, Ayodeji O. Deolu-Ajayi, Charlotte M. M. Gommers, Christa Testerink,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406373122"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1073/pnas.2406373122", "name": "item", "description": "10.1073/pnas.2406373122", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1073/pnas.2406373122"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-02-05T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-01-29", "title": "Interspecific interactions facilitate keystone species in a multispecies biofilm that promotes plant growth", "description": "Abstract                <p>Microorganisms colonizing plant roots co-exist in complex, spatially structured multispecies biofilm communities. However, little is known about microbial interactions and the underlying spatial organization within biofilm communities established on plant roots. Here, a well-established four-species biofilm model (Stenotrophomonas rhizophila, Paenibacillus amylolyticus, Microbacterium oxydans, and Xanthomonas retroflexus, termed as SPMX) was applied to Arabidopsis roots to study the impact of multispecies biofilm on plant growth and the community spatial dynamics on the roots. SPMX co-culture notably promoted root development and plant biomass. Co-cultured SPMX increased root colonization and formed multispecies biofilms, structurally different from those formed by monocultures. By combining 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and fluorescence in situ hybridization with confocal laser scanning microscopy, we found that the composition and spatial organization of the four-species biofilm significantly changed over time. Monoculture P. amylolyticus colonized plant roots poorly, but its population and root colonization were highly enhanced when residing in the four-species biofilm. Exclusion of P. amylolyticus from the community reduced overall biofilm production and root colonization of the three species, resulting in the loss of the plant growth-promoting effects. Combined with spatial analysis, this led to identification of P. amylolyticus as a keystone species. Our findings highlight that weak root colonizers may benefit from mutualistic interactions in complex communities and hereby become important keystone species impacting community spatial organization and function. This work expands the knowledge on spatial organization uncovering interspecific interactions in multispecies biofilm communities on plant roots, beneficial for harnessing microbial mutualism promoting plant growth.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "mutualism", "multispecies biofilms", "plant growth", "15. Life on land", "interspecies interactions", "03 medical and health sciences", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "Biofilms", "Microbial Interactions", "Original Article", "Symbiosis", "In Situ Hybridization", " Fluorescence", "keystone species", "spatial organization"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article-pdf/18/1/wrae012/56945954/wrae012.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20ISME%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/ismejo/wrae012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/jxb/erx494", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-01-12", "title": "Strigolactones: mediators of osmotic stress responses with a potential for agrochemical manipulation of crop resilience", "description": "After quickly touching upon general aspects of strigolactone biology and functions, including structure, synthesis, and perception, this review focuses on the role and regulation of the strigolactone pathway during osmotic stress, in light of the most recent research developments. We discuss available data on organ-specific dynamics of strigolactone synthesis and interaction with abscisic acid in the acclimatization response, with emphasis on the ecophysiological implications of the effects on the stomatal closure process. We highlight the importance of considering roots and shoots separately as well as combined versus individual stress treatments; and of performing reciprocal grafting experiments to work out organ contributions and long-distance signalling events and components under more realistic conditions. Finally, we elaborate on the question of if and how synthetic or natural strigolactones, alone or in combination with crop management strategies such as grafting, hold potential to maximize crop resilience to abiotic stresses.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Abscisic acid", " Drought", " Hormone cross-talk", " Osmotic stress", " Resilience", " Root-shoot communication", " Stomata closure", " Strigolactones", "Abscisic acid; Drought; Hormone crosstalk; Osmotic stress; Resilience; Root-shoot communication; Stomatal closure; Strigolactones; Abscisic Acid; Crops", " Agricultural; Lactones; Plant Growth Regulators; Plant Roots; Plant Shoots; Osmoregulation; Plant Physiological Phenomena", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "Lactones", "03 medical and health sciences", "Osmoregulation", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Plant Physiological Phenomena", "Plant Shoots", "Abscisic Acid"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/898419/2/erx494.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1661457/1/JEXBOT-2017-212340v2-Cardinale.pdf"}, {"href": "http://academic.oup.com/jxb/article-pdf/69/9/2291/24701402/erx494.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx494"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Experimental%20Botany", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/jxb/erx494", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/jxb/erx494", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/jxb/erx494"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-01-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/jxb/ery092", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-06", "title": "Structure\u2013activity relationships of strigolactones via a novel, quantitative in planta bioassay", "description": "Strigolactones (SLs) are plant hormones with various functions in development, responses to stress, and interactions with (micro)organisms in the rhizosphere, including with seeds of parasitic plants. Their perception for hormonal functions requires an \u03b1,\u03b2-hydrolase belonging to the D14 clade in higher plants; perception of host-produced SLs by parasitic seeds relies on similar but phylogenetically distinct proteins (D14-like). D14 and D14-like proteins are peculiar receptors, because they cleave SLs before undergoing a conformational change that elicits downstream events. Structure-activity relationship data show that the butenolide D-ring is crucial for bioactivity. We applied a bioisosteric approach to the structure of SLs by synthetizing analogues and mimics of natural SLs in which the D-ring was changed from a butenolide to a lactam and then evaluating their bioactivity. This was done by using a novel bioassay based on Arabidopsis transgenic lines expressing AtD14 fused to firefly luciferase, in parallel with the quantification of germination-inducing activity on parasitic seeds. The results obtained showed that the in planta bioassay is robust and quantitative, and thus can be confidently added to the SL-survey toolbox. The results also showed that modification of the butenolide ring into a lactam one significantly hampers the biological activity exhibited by SLs possessing a canonical lactonic D-ring.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Lactones", "Structure-Activity Relationship", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Orobanche", "bioisosterism", " bioassay", " chemical space", " docking", " luciferase", " perception", " plant hormones", " strigolactones", " strigolactone-D-lactams", "Biological Assay", "Research Papers"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1661581/8/JXB2018Sanchez.pdf"}, {"href": "http://academic.oup.com/jxb/article-pdf/69/9/2333/25089692/ery092.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery092"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Experimental%20Botany", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/jxb/ery092", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/jxb/ery092", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/jxb/ery092"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/plcell/koae201", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-07-16", "title": "Gibberellin dynamics governing nodulation revealed using GIBBERELLIN PERCEPTION SENSOR 2 in Medicago truncatula lateral organs", "description": "Abstract                <p>During nutrient scarcity, plants can adapt their developmental strategy to maximize their chance of survival. Such plasticity in development is underpinned by hormonal regulation, which mediates the relationship between environmental cues and developmental outputs. In legumes, endosymbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia) is a key adaptation for supplying the plant with nitrogen in the form of ammonium. Rhizobia are housed in lateral root-derived organs termed nodules that maintain an environment conducive to Nitrogenase in these bacteria. Several phytohormones are important for regulating the formation of nodules, with both positive and negative roles proposed for gibberellin (GA). In this study, we determine the cellular location and function of bioactive GA during nodule organogenesis using a genetically encoded second-generation GA biosensor, GIBBERELLIN PERCEPTION SENSOR 2 in Medicago truncatula. We find endogenous bioactive GA accumulates locally at the site of nodule primordia, increasing dramatically in the cortical cell layers, persisting through cell divisions, and maintaining accumulation in the mature nodule meristem. We show, through misexpression of GA-catabolic enzymes that suppress GA accumulation, that GA acts as a positive regulator of nodule growth and development. Furthermore, increasing or decreasing GA through perturbation of biosynthesis gene expression can increase or decrease the size of nodules, respectively. This is unique from lateral root formation, a developmental program that shares common organogenesis regulators. We link GA to a wider gene regulatory program by showing that nodule-identity genes induce and sustain GA accumulation necessary for proper nodule formation.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Gene Expression Regulation", " Plant", "Medicago truncatula", "Root Nodules", " Plant", "Plants", " Genetically Modified", "Plant Root Nodulation", "Plant Roots", "Gibberellins", "Research Article", "Plant Proteins"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae201"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20Plant%20Cell", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/plcell/koae201", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/plcell/koae201", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/plcell/koae201"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-07-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/treephys/tps029", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-04-13", "title": "Physiological Response To Drought In Radiata Pine: Phytohormone Implication At Leaf Level", "description": "Pinus radiata D. Don is one of the most abundant species in the north of Spain. Knowledge of drought response mechanisms is essential to guarantee plantation survival under reduced water supply as predicted in the future. Tolerance mechanisms are being studied in breeding programs, because information on such mechanisms can be used for genotype selection. In this paper, we analyze the changes of leaf water potential, hydraulic conductance (K(leaf)), stomatal conductance and phytohormones under drought in P. radiata breeds (O1, O2, O3, O4, O5 and O6) from different climatology areas, hypothesizing that they could show variable drought tolerance. As a primary signal, drought decreased cytokinin (zeatin and zeatin riboside-Z\u2009+\u2009ZR) levels in needles parallel to K(leaf) and gas exchange. When Z\u2009+\u2009ZR decreased by 65%, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) accumulation started as a second signal and increments were higher for IAA than for ABA. When plants decreased by 80%, Z\u2009+\u2009ZR and K(leaf) doubled their ABA and IAA levels, the photosystem II yield decreased and the electrolyte leakage increased. At the end of the drought period, less tolerant breeds increased IAA over 10-fold compared with controls. External damage also induced jasmonic acid accumulation in all breeds except in O5 (P. radiata var. radiata\u2009\u00d7\u2009var. cedrosensis), which accumulated salicylic acid as a defense mechanism. After rewatering, only the most tolerant plants recovered their K(leaf,) perhaps due to an IAA decrease and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid maintenance. From all phytohormones, IAA was the most representative 'water deficit signal' in P. radiata.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Genotype", "Indoleacetic Acids", "Climate", "Amino Acids", " Cyclic", "Photosystem II Protein Complex", "Cyclopentanes", "Breeding", "15. Life on land", "Pinus", "Adaptation", " Physiological", "6. Clean water", "Droughts", "Plant Leaves", "Electrolytes", "Isopentenyladenosine", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Plant Stomata", "Oxylipins", "Photosynthesis", "Salicylic Acid", "Abscisic Acid", "Signal Transduction"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tps029"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Tree%20Physiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/treephys/tps029", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/treephys/tps029", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/treephys/tps029"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agronomy10060782", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-01", "title": "Morphometric Characteristics, Polyphenols and Ascorbic Acid Variation in Brassica oleracea L. Novel Foods: Sprouts, Microgreens and Baby Leaves", "description": "<p>In the present study, we investigated the content and profile of polyphenols (PPH), ascorbic acid (AA), the Folin\uffe2\uff80\uff93Ciocalteu index (FCI), and antioxidant activity (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and peroxyl radical (ROO)) variation during three different plant growth stages (sprouts, microgreens and baby leaves) of two broccoli types, the traditional Sicilian sprouting broccoli landrace (\uffe2\uff80\uff98Broccolo Nero\uffe2\uff80\uff99) and the broccoli standard (\uffe2\uff80\uff98Cavolo broccolo Ramoso Calabrese\uffe2\uff80\uff99), and the standard commercial cultivar of kale (\uffe2\uff80\uff98Cavolo Lacinato Nero di Toscana\uffe2\uff80\uff99). All biomasses collected were freeze-dried for PPH, AA, FCI, DPPH and ROO analysis. The highest polyphenol content was observed for \uffe2\uff80\uff98Broccolo Nero\uffe2\uff80\uff99 (BN) and \uffe2\uff80\uff98Cavolo Broccolo Ramoso Calabrese\uffe2\uff80\uff99 (CR), and generally sprouts showed significantly higher values compared to the microgreens and the baby leaves. The AA, FCI, DDPH and ROO significantly vary with regards to the cultivar and the plant growth stage, showing interaction between the two experimental factors analyzed. The interaction detected showed higher values for the antioxidant traits of the proposed novel food, especially for the two broccoli cultivars in the sprout growth stage in comparison to the microgreens and baby leaves. Our results suggest that the antioxidant activity is partially dependent on kaempferol and apigenin. The PPH compounds showed the highest values of kaempferol and apigenin for \uffe2\uff80\uff98Broccolo nero\uffe2\uff80\uff99, whereas for the other two cultivars studied, only kaempferol was the main compound represented. The data acquired are of interest for increasing the healthy traits of the novel food proposed showing the contribution offered by the neglected LRs until now underutilized and at risk of extinction. The germplasm conserved in several world genebanks could support and diversify the organic vegetable items, providing us with added-value products for organic food supply chains.</p>", "keywords": ["broccoli", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "landraces", "S", "Functional foods", "Broccoli", "Agriculture", "Kale", "01 natural sciences", "Antioxidants", "plant growth stage", "03 medical and health sciences", "Landraces", "antioxidants", "Plant growth stage", "antioxidants; functional foods; plant growth stage; broccoli; kale; landraces", "Antioxidants", " Broccoli", " Functional foods", " Kale", " Landraces", " Plant growth stage", "kale", "functional foods"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/782/pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/532830/1/agronomy-10-00782-v3.pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.unime.it/bitstream/11570/3252249/1/Di%20Bella%20et%20al.%2c%202020.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.iris.unict.it/bitstream/20.500.11769/451376/1/Di%20Bella%20et%20al.%2c%202020.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/782/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10060782"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agronomy10060782", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agronomy10060782", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agronomy10060782"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-05-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01464.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:42Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-10-04", "title": "Response Of Plant Species Richness And Primary Productivity In Shrublands Along A North-South Gradient In Europe To Seven Years Of Experimental Warming And Drought: Reductions In Primary Productivity In The Heat And Drought Year Of 2003", "description": "Abstract<p>We used a nonintrusive field experiment carried out at six sites \uffe2\uff80\uff93 Wales (UK), Denmark (DK), the Netherlands (NL), Hungary (HU), Sardinia (Italy \uffe2\uff80\uff93 IT), and Catalonia (Spain \uffe2\uff80\uff93 SP) \uffe2\uff80\uff93 along a climatic and latitudinal gradient to examine the response of plant species richness and primary productivity to warming and drought in shrubland ecosystems. The warming treatment raised the plot daily temperature by ca. 1 \uffc2\uffb0C, while the drought treatment led to a reduction in soil moisture at the peak of the growing season that ranged from 26% at the SP site to 82% in the NL site. During the 7 years the experiment lasted (1999\uffe2\uff80\uff932005), we used the pin\uffe2\uff80\uff90point method to measure the species composition of plant communities and plant biomass, litterfall, and shoot growth of the dominant plant species at each site. A significantly lower increase in the number of species pin\uffe2\uff80\uff90pointed per transect was found in the drought plots at the SP site, where the plant community was still in a process of recovering from a forest fire in 1994. No changes in species richness were found at the other sites, which were at a more mature and stable state of succession and, thus less liable to recruitment of new species. The relationship between annual biomass accumulation and temperature of the growing season was positive at the coldest site and negative at the warmest site. The warming treatment tended to increase the aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) at the northern sites. The relationship between annual biomass accumulation and soil moisture during the growing season was not significant at the wettest sites, but was positive at the driest sites. The drought treatment tended to reduce the ANPP in the NL, HU, IT, and SP sites. The responses to warming were very strongly related to the Gaussen aridity index (stronger responses the lower the aridity), whereas the responses to drought were not. Changes in the annual aboveground biomass accumulation, litterfall, and, thus, the ANPP, mirrored the interannual variation in climate conditions: the most outstanding change was a decrease in biomass accumulation and an increase in litterfall at most sites during the abnormally hot year of 2003. Species richness also tended to decrease in 2003 at all sites except the cold and wet UK site. Species\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific responses to warming were found in shoot growth: at the SP site, Globularia alypum was not affected, while the other dominant species, Erica multiflora, grew 30% more; at the UK site, Calluna vulgaris tended to grow more in the warming plots, while Empetrum nigrum tended to grow less. Drought treatment decreased plant growth in several studied species, although there were some species such as Pinus halepensis at the SP site or C. vulgaris at the UK site that were not affected. The magnitude of responses to warming and drought thus depended greatly on the differences between sites, years, and species and these multiple plant responses may be expected to have consequences at ecosystem and community level. Decreases in biodiversity and the increase in E. multiflora growth at the SP site as a response to warming challenge the assumption that sensitivity to warming may be less well developed at more southerly latitudes; likewise, the fact that one of the studied shrublands presented negative ANPP as a response to the 2003 heat wave also challenges the hypothesis that future climate warming will lead to an enhancement of plant growth and carbon sequestration in temperate ecosystems. Extreme events may thus change the general trend of increased productivity in response to warming in the colder sites.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Onada de calor", "arctic ecosystems", "Matorral", "drought", "Biomasa vegetal", "heathland", "global warming", "01 natural sciences", "Sequ\u00eda", "Productividad primaria neta", "Forest-steppe", "Gradiente Europea", "Climate change", "Canvi clim\u00e0tic", "Cambio clim\u00e1tico", "net primary productivity", "evergreen mediterranean forest", "species richness", "litterfall", "biodiversity", "European gradient", "Plant growth", "2. Zero hunger", "Global warming", "terrestrial ecosystems", "phillyrea-latifolia", "Biodiversity", "Sequera", "Crecimiento de las plantas", "6. Clean water", "Net primary productivity", "climate change", "Brezal", "Biomassa vegetal", "climate-change", "heat wave", "Bosc-estepa", "environmental-change", "Litterfall", "Shrubland", "Biodiversidad", "soil", "Riquesa d'esp\u00e8cies", "forest-steppe", "Heat wave", "Bruguerar", "carbon-cycle", "Riqueza de especies", "quercus-ilex", "14. Life underwater", "plant biomass", "Hojarasca", "Plant biomass", "Drought", "Escalfament global", "plant growth", "15. Life on land", "biodiversity; climate change; global warming; plant community; primary production; shrubland; species richness", " Benelux; Catalonia; Central Europe; Denmark; Eurasia; Europe; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Northern Europe; Sardinia; Scandinavia; Southern Europe; Spain; United Kingdom; Wales; Western Europe", " Calluna; Calluna vulgaris; Empetrum nigrum; Erica multiflora; Globularia alypum; Pinus halepensis; Biodiversity; Climate change; Drought; European gradient; Forest-steppe; Global warming; Heat wave; Heathland; Litterfall; Net primary productivity; Plant biomass; Plant growth; Shrubland; Species richness", "Gradient Europea", "Biodiversitat", "Creixement de les plantes", "Productivitat prim\u00e0ria neta", "13. Climate action", "cistus-albidus", "Calentamiento global", "Bosque-estepa", "shrubland", "Fullaraca", "Heathland", "Species richness", "Ola de calor"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01464.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01464.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01464.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01464.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/pce.13758", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-03-20", "title": "A novel strigolactone\u2010miR156 module controls stomatal behaviour during drought recovery", "description": "Abstract<p>miR156 is a conserved microRNA whose role and induction mechanisms under stress are poorly known. Strigolactones are phytohormones needed in shoots for drought acclimation. They promote stomatal closure ABA\uffe2\uff80\uff90dependently and independently; however, downstream effectors for the former have not been identified. Linkage between miR156 and strigolactones under stress has not been reported. We compared ABA accumulation and sensitivity as well as performances of wt and miR156\uffe2\uff80\uff90overexpressing (miR156\uffe2\uff80\uff90oe) tomato plants during drought. We also quantified miR156 levels in wt, strigolactone\uffe2\uff80\uff90depleted and strigolactone\uffe2\uff80\uff90treated plants, exposed to drought stress. Under irrigated conditions, miR156 overexpression and strigolactone treatment led to lower stomatal conductance and higher ABA sensitivity. Exogenous strigolactones were sufficient for miR156 accumulation in leaves, while endogenous strigolactones were required for miR156 induction by drought. The \uffe2\uff80\uff9cafter\uffe2\uff80\uff90effect\uffe2\uff80\uff9d of drought, by which stomata do not completely re\uffe2\uff80\uff90open after rewatering, was enhanced by both strigolactones and miR156. The transcript profiles of several miR156 targets were altered in strigolactone\uffe2\uff80\uff90depleted plants. Our results show that strigolactones act as a molecular link between drought and miR156 in tomato, and identify miR156 as a mediator of ABA\uffe2\uff80\uff90dependent effect of strigolactones on the after\uffe2\uff80\uff90effect of drought on stomata. Thus, we provide insights into both strigolactone and miR156 action on stomata.</p>", "keywords": ["Osmotic stress", "0301 basic medicine", "Stress-responsive microRNA", "stomata", "hormone signalling", "after-effect of drought", "abscisic acid (ABA); after-effect of drought; hormone signalling; osmotic stress; Solanum lycopersicum; stomata; stress-responsive microRNA", "Lactones", "03 medical and health sciences", "Solanum lycopersicum", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Stomata", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Dehydration", "After-effect of drought", "15. Life on land", "Abscisic acid (ABA)", "Hormone signalling", "6. Clean water", "MicroRNAs", "RNA", " Plant", "13. Climate action", "Plant Stomata", "abscisic acid (ABA)", "stress-responsive microRNA", "osmotic stress", "Heterocyclic Compounds", " 3-Ring", "Abscisic Acid"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1764369/1/Visentin%20et%20al_PCE_R2.pdf"}, {"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pce.13758"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13758"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%2C%20Cell%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/pce.13758", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/pce.13758", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/pce.13758"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-03-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/nph.19112", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-29", "title": "Gold\u2010FISH enables targeted NanoSIMS analysis of plant\u2010associated bacteria", "description": "Summary<p> <p>Bacteria colonize plant roots and engage in reciprocal interactions with their hosts. However, the contribution of individual taxa or groups of bacteria to plant nutrition and fitness is not well characterized due to a lack of in\uffc2\uffa0situ evidence of bacterial activity.</p> <p>To address this knowledge gap, we developed an analytical approach that combines the identification and localization of individual bacteria on root surfaces via gold\uffe2\uff80\uff90based in\uffc2\uffa0situ hybridization with correlative NanoSIMS imaging of incorporated stable isotopes, indicative of metabolic activity.</p> <p>We incubated Kosakonia strain DS\uffe2\uff80\uff901\uffe2\uff80\uff90associated, gnotobiotically grown rice plants with 15N\uffe2\uff80\uff93N2 gas to detect in\uffc2\uffa0situ N2 fixation activity. Bacterial cells along the rhizoplane showed\uffc2\uffa0heterogeneous patterns of 15N enrichment, ranging from the natural isotope abundance levels up to 12.07 at% 15N (average and median of 3.36 and 2.85 at% 15N, respectively, n\uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff89697 cells).</p> <p>The presented correlative optical and chemical imaging analysis is applicable to a broad range of studies investigating plant\uffe2\uff80\uff93microbe interactions. For example, it enables verification of the in\uffc2\uffa0situ metabolic activity of host\uffe2\uff80\uff90associated commercialized strains or plant growth\uffe2\uff80\uff90promoting bacteria, thereby disentangling their role in plant nutrition. Such data facilitate the design of plant\uffe2\uff80\uff93microbe combinations for improvement of crop management.</p> </p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "106022 Mikrobiologie", "rhizosphere bacteria", "Bacteria", "plant growth-promoting bacteria", "plant\u2013microbe interaction", "Research", "Oryza", "biological nitrogen fixation", "Plants", "microbial activity", "in\u00a0situ hybridization", "Plant Roots", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "Rhizosphere", "106022 Microbiology", "NanoSIMS", "in situ hybridization", "106026 Ecosystem research", "In situ hybridization", "In Situ Hybridization", "Soil Microbiology", "plant-microbe interaction"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19112"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/New%20Phytologist", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/nph.19112", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/nph.19112", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/nph.19112"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-06-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ppl.13697", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-08", "title": "Bi\u2010directional, long\u2010distance hormonal signalling between roots and shoots of soil water availability", "description": "Abstract<p>While the importance of plant water relations in determining crop response to soil water availability is difficult to over\uffe2\uff80\uff90emphasise, under many circumstances, plants maintain their leaf water status as the soil dries yet shoot gas exchange and growth is restricted. Such observations lead to development of a paradigm that root\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90shoot signals regulate shoot physiology, and a conceptual framework to test the importance of different signals such as plant hormones in these physiological processes. Nevertheless, shoot\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90root (hormonal) signalling also plays an important role in regulating root growth and function and may dominate when larger quantities of a hormone are produced in the shoots than the roots. Here, we review the evidence for acropetal and basipetal transport of three different plant hormones (abscisic acid, jasmonates, strigolactones) that have antitranspirant effects, to indicate the origin and action of these signalling systems. The physiological importance of each transport pathway likely depends on the specific environmental conditions the plant is exposed to, specifically whether the roots or shoots are the first to lose turgor when exposed to drying soil or elevated atmospheric demand, respectively. All three hormones can interact to influence each other's synthesis, degradation and intracellular signalling to augment or attenuate their physiological impacts, highlighting the complexity of unravelling these signalling systems. Nevertheless, such complexity suggests crop improvement opportunities to select for allelic variation in the genes affecting hormonal regulation, and (in selected crops) to augment root\uffe2\uff80\uff93shoot communication by judicious selection of rootstock\uffe2\uff80\uff93scion combinations to ameliorate abiotic stresses.</p", "keywords": ["580", "roots", "Special Issue Articles", "0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "soil water", "Water", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "01 natural sciences", "630", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "plant hormones", "Plant Shoots", "shoots"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ppl.13697"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13697"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Physiologia%20Plantarum", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ppl.13697", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ppl.13697", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ppl.13697"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/ppl.70252", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:18:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-04-30", "title": "Differential xylem phytohormone export from dry and wet roots during partial rootzone drying is independent of shoot\u2010to\u2010root transport in soybean", "description": "Abstract<p>Different phytohormones can act as root\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90shoot signalling molecules in response to soil drying. Recent findings suggest that root ABA levels are predominantly leaf\uffe2\uff80\uff90sourced and not locally synthesized, thus, ABA exported from the roots in the xylem is mostly recycled from the shoot. To explain the differential root hormone accumulation observed under partial rootzone drying (PRD) that imposes distinct dry and wet parts of the root zone, we grafted \uffe2\uff80\uff9ctwo\uffe2\uff80\uff90root, one\uffe2\uff80\uff90shoot\uffe2\uff80\uff9d soybean plants to independently assess xylem export of different phytohormones from either part of the root zone. Grafts were subjected to a combination of girdling (either part, all, or none of the rootzone) and irrigation (homogenously well\uffe2\uff80\uff90watered (WW) and PRD). PRD did not increase foliar ABA but decreased stomatal conductance, attributed to decreased leaf water potential and/or increased xylem sap ABA, JA, or ACC concentrations. In contrast, the foliar ABA increments that accompanied girdling\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced stomatal closure were proportional to the root fraction to which phloem transport was interrupted. Irrespective of girdling, root ABA accumulation (and xylem ABA export from) was highest in the dry PRD rootzone, xylem jasmonic acid (JA) in the wet PRD rootzone, and xylem ACC in both rootzones of PRD plants. Thus, soil drying of the dry root zone and transient overwatering of the wet root zone enhanced ACC export in PRD plants. We conclude that root water status during PRD enhances root ABA, JA and ACC synthesis and xylem export, independent of shoot\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90root transport.</p", "keywords": ["Plant Leaves", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Glycine max", "Xylem", "Water", "Biological Transport", "Cyclopentanes", "Oxylipins", "Desiccation", "Plant Roots", "Plant Shoots", "Original Research", "Abscisic Acid"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70252"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Physiologia%20Plantarum", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/ppl.70252", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/ppl.70252", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/ppl.70252"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-04-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1126/science.add3771", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:19:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-11-17", "title": "Hydraulic flux\u2013responsive hormone redistribution determines root branching", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Plant roots exhibit plasticity in their branching patterns to forage efficiently for heterogeneously distributed resources, such as soil water. The xerobranching response represses lateral root formation when roots lose contact with water. Here, we show that xerobranching is regulated by radial movement of the phloem-derived hormone abscisic acid, which disrupts intercellular communication between inner and outer cell layers through plasmodesmata. Closure of these intercellular pores disrupts the inward movement of the hormone signal auxin, blocking lateral root branching. Once root tips regain contact with moisture, the abscisic acid response rapidly attenuates. Our study reveals how roots adapt their branching pattern to heterogeneous soil water conditions by linking changes in hydraulic flux with dynamic hormone redistribution.</p></article>", "keywords": ["580", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "Multidisciplinary", "550", "Indoleacetic Acids", "Plasmodesmata", "Arabidopsis", "Water", "Phloem", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "Abscisic Acid"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/180301/1/Poonam_add3771_Main_manuscript.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add3771"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1126/science.add3771", "name": "item", "description": "10.1126/science.add3771", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1126/science.add3771"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-11-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/microorganisms9020426", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-02-19", "title": "Identification of Beneficial Microbial Consortia and Bioactive Compounds with Potential as Plant Biostimulants for a Sustainable Agriculture", "description": "<p>A growing body of evidence demonstrates the potential of various microbes to enhance plant productivity in cropping systems although their successful field application may be impaired by several biotic and abiotic constraints. In the present work, we aimed at developing multifunctional synthetic microbial consortia to be used in combination with suitable bioactive compounds for improving crop yield and quality. Plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) with different functional attributes were identified by a bottom-up approach. A comprehensive literature survey on PGPMs associated with maize, wheat, potato and tomato, and on commercial formulations, was conducted by examining peer-reviewed scientific publications and results from relevant European projects. Metagenome fragment recruitments on genomes of potential PGPMs represented in databases were also performed to help identify plant growth-promoting (PGP) strains. Following evidence of their ability to coexist, isolated PGPMs were synthetically assembled into three different microbial consortia. Additionally, the effects of bioactive compounds on the growth of individually PGPMs were tested in starvation conditions. The different combination products based on microbial and non-microbial biostimulants (BS) appear worth considering for greenhouse and open field trials to select those potentially adoptable in sustainable agriculture.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "QH301-705.5", "delivery method", "Plant growth-promoting microorganisms", "SIMBA; sustainable agriculture; plant growth-promoting microorganisms; microbial consortia; metagenome fragment recruitments; delivery methods; in vitro compatibility; bioactive compounds", "630", "Bioactive compounds", "Article", "660.6", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "plant growth-promoting microorganisms", "Delivery methods", "microbial consortia", "plant growth-promoting microorganism", "Biology (General)", "Metagenome fragment recruitments", "bioactive compound", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "bioactive compounds", "660", "in vitro compatibility", "Sustainable agriculture", "metagenome fragment recruitment", "ta4111", "SIMBA", "3. Good health", "sustainable agriculture", "Microbial consortia", "metagenome fragment recruitments", "delivery methods", "In vitro compatibility"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/2/426/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/2/426/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020426"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/microorganisms9020426", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/microorganisms9020426", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/microorganisms9020426"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/microorganisms8111655", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-10-26", "title": "Aspegillus terreus: From Soil to Industry and Back", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Aspergillus terreus is an important saprophytic filamentous fungus that can be found in soils. Like many other soil microorganisms, A. terreus demonstrates multiple functions and offers various important metabolites, which can be used in different fields of human activity. The first application of A. terreus on an industrial level is the production of itaconic acid, which is now considered as one of the most important bioproducts in the Green Chemistry field. The general schemes for itaconic acid production have been studied, but in this mini-review some lines of future research are presented based on analysis of the published results. A. terreus is also intensively studied for its biocontrol activity and plant growth-promoting effect. However, this microorganism is also known to infect important crops such as, amongst others, rice, wheat, potato, sugar cane, maize, and soybean. It was suggested, however, that the balance between positive vs. negative effects is dependent on the soil-plant-inoculant dose system. A. terreus has frequently been described as an important human pathogen. Therefore, its safety manipulation in biotechnological processes for the production of itaconic acid and some drugs and its use in soil-plant systems should be carefully assessed. Some suggestions in this direction are discussed, particularly concerning the uses in crop production.</p></article>", "keywords": ["plant growth promotion", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "<i>Aspergillus terreus</i>", "Aspergillus terreus; plant growth promotion; biocontrol; itaconic acid production; pathogenicity", "QH301-705.5", "Biocontrol", "Review", "15. Life on land", "Itaconic acid production", "3. Good health", "03 medical and health sciences", "Aspergillus terreus", "pathogenicity", "Plant growth promotion", "Pathogenicity", "biocontrol", "Biology (General)", "itaconic acid production"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/11/1655/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111655"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/microorganisms8111655", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/microorganisms8111655", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/microorganisms8111655"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-10-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.13130/rd_unimi/c8lnip", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:19:16Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "SENSE_Plant fresh weight in plant microbe interactions", "description": "This dataset contains information about the plant fresh weight of Arabidopsis thaliana plantlets cultivated under control conditions or under PCB stress", "keywords": ["PCB", " flavonoids", " rhizoremediation", " plant growth promoting bacteria", "Agricultural Sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Rolli, Eleonora", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.13130/rd_unimi/c8lnip"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.13130/rd_unimi/c8lnip", "name": "item", "description": "10.13130/rd_unimi/c8lnip", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.13130/rd_unimi/c8lnip"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.17221/362/2013-pse", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:19:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-02-10", "title": "Effects Of 3,4-Dimethylphyrazole Phosphate-Added Nitrogen Fertilizers On Crop Growth And N2o Emissions In Southern Italy", "description": "The effect of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylphyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on N-fertilized crop growth and soil N2O emissions were studied at two experimental sites in Southern Italy, characterised by a Mediterranean climate and different soil texture. The experiments were a randomized block design of two treatments: crop fertilized with NH4NO3 (considered the control treatment) or amended with DMPP plus NH4NO3 (considered the DMPP treatment). ANOVA was performed to assess differences between treatments and fertilization periods whereas simple and multiple linear regressions were performed in order to assess the effect of the soil-related in-dependent variables on soil gases emissions. Growth of potato plants fertilized with DMPP-added nitrogen was enhanced compared to control plants, whereas no benefit on maize plants grown during summer was observed. N2O emissions measured from soil to potato after the first fertilization with DMPP-added nitrogen was reduced during winter, but was higher than control after the second fertilizer application in spring, leading to comparable N2O emission factors (EF1) between treatments. In maize N2O emissions and EF1 were lower for DMPP compared to control treatment. The effectiveness of reduction in soil N2O emission was influenced by soil temperature and water-filled pore space (WFPS) in both experimental sites. However, the overall effect of WFPS was contrasting as N2O emissions were decreased in potato and enhanced in maize.", "keywords": ["DMPP", "2. Zero hunger", "plant growth; nitrous oxide; DMPP; Mediterranean climate; greenhouse gases", "nitrous oxide", "Plant culture", "plant growth", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water", "SB1-1110", "dmpp", "mediterranean climate", "13. Climate action", "greenhouse gases", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Mediterranean climate", "greenhouse gases; plant growth; nitrous oxide; DMPP; Mediterranean climate"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.17221/362/2013-pse"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%2C%20Soil%20and%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.17221/362/2013-pse", "name": "item", "description": "10.17221/362/2013-pse", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.17221/362/2013-pse"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.20944/preprints202008.0471.v1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:19:49Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-08-24", "title": "Microbiome Management by Biological and Chemical Treatments in Maize is Linked to Plant Health", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The targeted application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) provides the key for a future sustainable agriculture with reduced pesticide application. PGPR interaction with the indigenous microbiota is poorly understood but essential to develop reliable applications. Therefore, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila SPA-P69 was applied as seed coating and in combination with a fungicide based on the active ingredients fludioxonil, metalaxyl-M, captan and ziram. Plant performance and rhizosphere composition of treated and non-treated maize plants of two field trials were analyzed. Plant health was significantly increased by treatment; however overall corn yield was not changed. By applying high-throughput amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA and the ITS genes, the bacterial and fungal changes in the rhizosphere due to different treatments were determined. Despite treatments had a significant impact on the rhizosphere microbiota (9- 12%), the field site was identified as main driver (27- 37%). Soil microbiota composition from each site was significantly different, which explains the site-specific effects. In this study we were able to show first indications how PGPR treatments increase plant health via microbiome shifts in a site-specific manner. This way first steps towards a detailed understanding of PGPRs and developments of consistently efficient applications in diverse environments are set.</p></article>", "keywords": ["<i>Zea mays</i>", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "plant growth promoting rhizobacteria", "QH301-705.5", "15. Life on land", "maize", "Zea mays", "Article", "12. Responsible consumption", "corn", "03 medical and health sciences", "agricultural_sciences_agronomy", "fungicide", "16S rRNA gene", "ITS", "Biology (General)", "rhizosphere"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/10/1506/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/10/1506/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202008.0471.v1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20944/preprints202008.0471.v1", "name": "item", "description": "10.20944/preprints202008.0471.v1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20944/preprints202008.0471.v1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-08-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fmicb.2024.1505220", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-30", "title": "Editorial: The impact of environmentally friendly agricultural practices on soil microbiome", "keywords": ["VOCs; biocontrol; biofertilizer; fungi; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)", "biofertilizer", "VOCs", "biocontrol", "fungi", "plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)", "Microbiology", "QR1-502"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Loredana Canfora, Massimo Pugliese, Massimo Pugliese, Ewa Maria Furmanczyk,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/2041377/1/fmicb-15-1505220.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1505220"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fmicb.2024.1505220", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fmicb.2024.1505220", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1505220"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fmicb.2019.01087", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-05-15", "title": "Inoculation With Piriformospora indica Is More Efficient in Wild-Type Rice Than in Transgenic Rice Over-Expressing the Vacuolar H+-PPase", "description": "Achieving food security in a context of environmental sustainability is one of the main challenges of the XXI century. Two competing strategies to achieve this goal are the use of genetically modified plants and the use of plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs). However, few studies assess the response of genetically modified plants to PGPMs. The aim of this study was to compare the response of over-expressing the vacuolar H+-PPase (AVP) and wild-type rice types to the endophytic fungus; Piriformospora indica. Oryza sativa plants (WT and AVP) were inoculated with P. indica and 30 days later, morphological, ecophysiological and bioenergetic parameters, and nutrient content were assessed. AVP and WT plant heights were strongly influenced by inoculation with P. indica, which also promoted increases in fresh and dry matter of shoot in both genotypes. This may be related with the stimulatory effect of P. indica on ecophysiological parameters, especially photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, intrinsic water use efficiency and carboxylation efficiency. However, there were differences between the genotypes concerning the physiological mechanisms leading to biomass increment. In WT plants, inoculation with P. indica stimulated all H+ pumps. However, in inoculated AVP plants, H+-PPase was stimulated, but P- and V-ATPases were inhibited. Fungal inoculation enhanced nutrient uptake in both shoots and roots of WT and AVP plants, compared to uninoculated plants; but among inoculated genotypes, the nutrient uptake was lower in AVP than in WT plants. These results clearly demonstrate that the symbiosis between P. indica and AVP plants did not benefit those plants, which may be related to the inefficient colonization of this fungus on the transgenic plants, demonstrating an incompatibility of this symbiosis, which needs to be further studied.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "endophytic fungus", "photosynthesis", "Oryza sativa", "plant growth", "15. Life on land", "Microbiology", "QR1-502", "6. Clean water", "03 medical and health sciences", "H+ pumps", "H+-PPase"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01087"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fmicb.2019.01087", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fmicb.2019.01087", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01087"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-05-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fmicb.2020.01904", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-08-05", "title": "Field Exploitation of Multiple Functions of Beneficial Microorganisms for Plant Nutrition and Protection: Real Possibility or Just a Hope?", "description": "Bioproducts, i.e., microbial based pesticides or fertilizers (biopesticides and biofertilizers), should be expected to play an ever-increasing role and application in agricultural practices world-wide in the effort to implement policies concerned with sustainable agriculture. However, several microbial strains have proven the capacity to augment plant productivity by enhancing crop nutrition and functioning as biopesticides, or vice-versa. This multifunctionality is an issue that is still not included as a concept and possibility in any legal provision regarding the placing on the market of bioproducts, and indicates difficulties in clearly classifying the purpose of their suitability. In this review, we overview the current understanding of the mechanisms in plant-microbe interactions underlining the dual function of microbial strains toward plant nutrition and protection. The prospects of market development for multifunctional bioproducts are then considered in view of the current regulatory approach in the European Union, in an effort that wants to stimulate a wider adoption of the new knowledge on the role played by microorganisms in crop production.", "keywords": ["biofertilizers", "2. 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Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences", "plant growth-promoting microorganisms", "microbial consortia"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Kowalska Jolanta, Tyburski J\u00f3zef, Matysiak Kinga, Tylkowski Bartosz, Malus\u00e1 Eligio,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01904"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fmicb.2020.01904", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fmicb.2020.01904", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01904"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-08-05T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fpls.2018.01270", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-09-04", "title": "Beneficial Services of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi \u2013 From Ecology to Application", "description": "Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is the most common symbiotic association of plants with microbes. AM fungi occur in the majority of natural habitats and they provide a range of important ecological services, in particular by improving plant nutrition, stress resistance and tolerance, soil structure and fertility. AM fungi also interact with most crop plants including cereals, vegetables, and fruit trees, therefore, they receive increasing attention for their potential use in sustainable agriculture. Basic research of the past decade has revealed the existence of a dedicated recognition and signaling pathway that is required for AM. Furthermore, recent evidence provided new insight into the exchange of nutritional benefits between the symbiotic partners. The great potential for application of AM has given rise to a thriving industry for AM-related products for agriculture, horticulture, and landscaping. Here, we discuss new developments in these fields, and we highlight future potential and limits toward the use of AM fungi for plant production.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "plant protection", "0303 health sciences", "abiotic stress", "arbuscular mycorrhiza", "Plant culture", "plant nutrition", "plant growth", "Plant Science", "15. Life on land", "symbiosis", "SB1-1110", "12. Responsible consumption", "03 medical and health sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01270"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Plant%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fpls.2018.01270", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fpls.2018.01270", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fpls.2018.01270"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-09-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/fermentation8050225", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-14", "title": "Designing a Waste-Based Culture Medium for the Production of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms Based on Cladodes Juice from Opuntia ficus-indica Pruning", "description": "<p>The production of beneficial microorganisms is the first step to obtain a commercial-based product for application in agriculture. In this study, prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) pruning waste was evaluated as a raw material for the production of large amounts of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms (PGPMs) reducing the number of generated wastes. Specifically, five PGPMs constituting a synthetic microbial consortium with complementing plant growth-promoting traits were grown on a laboratory scale and, subsequently, on a pilot scale using a 21-L bioreactor. Primarily, the physical-chemical characterization of the culture medium obtained from the juice of Opuntia cladodes was carried out, revealing the presence of sugars and organic acids with different molar ratios. Compared to conventional media, the waste medium did not show significant differences in bacterial growth efficiency. Instead, the survival rates of the bacteria grown in cladodes juice media, after air-drying on zeolite or freeze-drying, were significantly higher than those observed when they were grown in conventional media. The present work is the first conducted on a pilot-scale that maximizes the production of PGPMs in submerged fermentation using cladodes juice from Opuntia, reducing both economic and environmental impacts associated with the generation of wastes.</p>", "keywords": ["plant growth promoting microbes;", "biofertilizers", "0301 basic medicine", "TP500-660", "0303 health sciences", "330", "microbial biomass", "<i>Opuntia</i> pruning wastes; cladodes juice; plant growth-promoting microorganisms; biofertilizers; microbial biomass", "Fermentation industries. Beverages. Alcohol", "Opuntia pruning wastes; cladodes juice; plant growth-promoting microorganisms; biofertilizers; microbial biomass", "Opuntia pruning wastes", "6. Clean water", "plant growth promoting microbes", "03 medical and health sciences", "plant growth-promoting microorganisms", "cladodes juice", "<i>Opuntia</i> pruning wastes", "ta414"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/5/225/pdf"}, {"href": "https://iris.enea.it/bitstream/20.500.12079/71057/1/Designing%20a%20Waste-Based%20Culture%20Medium%20for%20the%20Production%20of%20Plant%20Growth%20Promoting%20Microorganisms%20Based%20on%20Cladodes%20Juice%20from%20Opuntia%20ficus-indica%20Pruning.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/8/5/225/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8050225"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Fermentation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/fermentation8050225", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/fermentation8050225", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/fermentation8050225"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-05-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/horticulturae11020213", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:47Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-02-17", "title": "Ecological Pea Production in Hungary: Integrating Conservation Tillage with the Application of Rhizobium spp., Ensifer spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Bacillus spp. Bacterial Inoculants for Sustainable Farming", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>This study examines the impact of agroecological practices on soil quality and crop yields in small-scale farming, focusing on the combination of microbial soil inoculation, crop rotation, and conservation tillage methods. Conducted at the SZIA Agroecological Garden MATE in G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151, Hungary, the experiment used 12 plots, employing various conservation tillage techniques, including soil loosening with and without microbial inoculants, as well as no-till systems with and without inoculation. Six of the plots were inoculated with beneficial bacteria to enhance nitrogen fixation, phosphorus mobility, nutrient solubilization, phytohormone production, and pathogen suppression. In 2024, peas (Pisum sativum L.) were planted following potatoes in a small-scale market-oriented crop rotation, with the continuous monitoring of crop performance and soil characteristics. This ongoing study focuses on evaluating the long-term effects of crop rotation on key agricultural parameters, aiming to optimize practices over time. Statistical analysis (one-way ANOVA) revealed no significant differences across most parameters (p &gt; 0.05), except for total sugar content (p &lt; 0.05), which aligns with expectations given the limited tillage prior to the study. The standard significance level of p &lt; 0.05 was used to balance error risks, ensure adequate statistical power, and maintain consistency with established agricultural research practices. However, the study trends indicated potential long-term benefits, particularly in plots with microbial inoculants, where pea yield and pod size showed improvement compared to non-inoculated and control plots. Microbial inoculants may show long-term effects, as they gradually improve soil health, support microbial communities, and enhance nutrient cycling, which takes time to become noticeable. These findings highlight the potential advantages of combining conservation tillage with microbial inoculants, suggesting that this combination could foster enhanced soil health and productivity over time. The novel setting of this study underscores the importance of long-term monitoring to fully capture the benefits of agroecological interventions, emphasizing their role in achieving sustainable agricultural practices and improving small-scale farming outcomes.</p></article>", "keywords": ["biofertilizers", "agroecology", "no-till", "plant growth-promoting rhizobacpromoteteria", "conservation tillage", "Plant culture", "soil biology", "SB1-1110"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11020213"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Horticulturae", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/horticulturae11020213", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/horticulturae11020213", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/horticulturae11020213"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-02-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/microorganisms12051002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:20:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-05-16", "title": "Real-Time PCR (qtPCR) to Discover the Fate of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) in Agricultural Soils", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>To optimize the application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in field trials, tracking methods are needed to assess their shelf life and to determine the elements affecting their effectiveness and their interactions with plants and native soil microbiota. This work developed a real-time PCR (qtPCR) method which traces and quantifies bacteria when added as microbial consortia, including five PGPR species: Burkholderia ambifaria, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Azotobacter chroococcum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Rahnella aquatilis. Through a literature search and in silico sequence analyses, a set of primer pairs which selectively tag three bacterial species (B. ambifaria, B. amyloliquefaciens and R. aquatilis) was retrieved. The primers were used to trace these microbial species in a field trial in which the consortium was tested as a biostimulant on two wheat varieties, in combination with biochar and the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus intraradices. The qtPCR assay demonstrated that the targeted bacteria had colonized and grown into the soil, reaching a maximum of growth between 15 and 20 days after inoculum. The results also showed biochar had a positive effect on PGPR growth. In conclusion, qtPCR was once more an effective method to trace the fate of supplied bacterial species in the consortium when used as a cargo system for their delivery.</p></article>", "keywords": ["sustainable agriculture", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "biostimulants", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "microbial consortia (MC)", "real-time PCR (qtPCR)", "traceability", "QH301-705.5", "Biology (General)", "plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)", "Article"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/5/1002/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12051002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microorganisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/microorganisms12051002", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/microorganisms12051002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/microorganisms12051002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-05-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10481/66123", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-07-26T16:24:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-10-26", "title": "Aspegillus terreus: From Soil to Industry and Back", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Aspergillus terreus is an important saprophytic filamentous fungus that can be found in soils. Like many other soil microorganisms, A. terreus demonstrates multiple functions and offers various important metabolites, which can be used in different fields of human activity. The first application of A. terreus on an industrial level is the production of itaconic acid, which is now considered as one of the most important bioproducts in the Green Chemistry field. The general schemes for itaconic acid production have been studied, but in this mini-review some lines of future research are presented based on analysis of the published results. A. terreus is also intensively studied for its biocontrol activity and plant growth-promoting effect. However, this microorganism is also known to infect important crops such as, amongst others, rice, wheat, potato, sugar cane, maize, and soybean. It was suggested, however, that the balance between positive vs. negative effects is dependent on the soil-plant-inoculant dose system. A. terreus has frequently been described as an important human pathogen. Therefore, its safety manipulation in biotechnological processes for the production of itaconic acid and some drugs and its use in soil-plant systems should be carefully assessed. Some suggestions in this direction are discussed, particularly concerning the uses in crop production.</p></article>", "keywords": ["plant growth promotion", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "<i>Aspergillus terreus</i>", "QH301-705.5", "Biocontrol", "Review", "15. Life on land", "Itaconic acid production", "3. 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