{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"id": "10029/626877", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:11Z", "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", "Microplastic", "ta1183", "Biochemical indicators of stress", "Agriculture", "Germination", "15. Life on land", "Seed germination", "Seedlings", "Polystyrenes", "microplastic", "Plastics", "Triticum", "agriculture", "Plant growth", "Lactuca"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10029/626877"}, {"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": "10029/626877", "name": "item", "description": "10029/626877", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10029/626877"}, {"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": "10234/200218", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:15Z", "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. 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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. Climate action", "Metals", " Heavy", "Plant growth promoting bacteria", "Biomass", "Groundwater", "Biotechnology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10259/9292"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/New%20Biotechnology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10259/9292", "name": "item", "description": "10259/9292", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10259/9292"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10029/627625", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:11Z", "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. Clean water", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "microplastic", "Plastics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10029/627625"}, {"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": "10029/627625", "name": "item", "description": "10029/627625", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10029/627625"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10451/60842", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:24Z", "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://repositorio.ulisboa.pt/bitstream/10451/60842/1/fmicb-10-01087.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10451/60842"}, {"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": "10451/60842", "name": "item", "description": "10451/60842", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10451/60842"}, {"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": "11381/2888724", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:31Z", "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": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><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></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "QH301-705.5", "delivery method", "Plant growth-promoting microorganisms", "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", "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/11381/2888724"}, {"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": "11381/2888724", "name": "item", "description": "11381/2888724", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11381/2888724"}, {"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": "11353/10.2037573", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:30Z", "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/11353/10.2037573"}, {"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": "11353/10.2037573", "name": "item", "description": "11353/10.2037573", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11353/10.2037573"}, {"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": "11381/2969532", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-01-19", "title": "Microbial consortia and biochar as sustainable biofertilisers: Analysis of their impact on wheat growth and production", "description": "The European Union is among the top wheat producers in the world, but its productivity relies on adequate soil fertilisation. Biofertilisers, either alone or in combination with biochar, can be a preferable alternative to chemical fertilisers. However, the addition of biofertilisers, specifically plant growth promoting microbes (PGPM), could modify grain composition, and/or deteriorate the soil composition. In this study, the two wheat cultivars Triticum aestivum (Bramante) and T. durum (Svevo) were cultivated in open fields for two consecutive years in the presence of a commercial PGPM mix supplied alone or in combination with biochar. An in-depth analysis was conducted by collecting physiological and agronomic data throughout the growth period. The effects of PGPM and biochar were investigated in detail; specifically, soil chemistry and rhizosphere microbial composition were characterized, along with the treatment effects on seed storage proteins. The results demonstrated that the addition of commercial microbial consortia and biochar, alone or in combination, did not modify the rhizospheric microbial community; however, it increased grain yield, especially in the cultivar Svevo (increase of 6.8\u00a0%-13.6\u00a0%), even though the factors driving the most variations were associated with both climate and cultivar. The total gluten content of the flours was not affected, whereas the main effect of the treatments was a variation in gliadins and low-molecular-weight-glutenin subunits in both cultivars when treated with PGPM and biochar. This suggested improved grain quality, especially regarding the viscoelastic properties of the dough, when the filling period occurred in a dry climate. The results indicate that the application of biofertilisers and biochar may aid the effective management of sustainable wheat cultivation, to support environmental health without altering the biodiversity of the resident microbiome.", "keywords": ["Soil", "Charcoal", "Microbial Consortia", "Edible Grain", "Biochar Gluten Plant growth promoting microbes Sustainable agriculture Wheat", "630", "Triticum"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/11381/2969532"}, {"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": "11381/2969532", "name": "item", "description": "11381/2969532", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11381/2969532"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "1854/LU-01HDKBPVW8Y8ZFTAZJ3JZ2SX9M", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-29", "title": "The Plant Growth-Promoting Potential of Halotolerant Bacteria Is Not Phylogenetically Determined: Evidence from Two Bacillus megaterium Strains Isolated from Saline Soils Used to Grow Wheat", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>(1) Background: Increasing salinity, further potentiated by climate change and soil degradation, will jeopardize food security even more. Therefore, there is an urgent need for sustainable agricultural practices capable of maintaining high crop yields despite adverse conditions. Here, we tested if wheat, a salt-sensitive crop, could be a good reservoir for halotolerant bacteria with plant growth-promoting (PGP) capabilities. (2) Methods: We used two agricultural soils from Algeria, which differ in salinity but are both used to grow wheat. Soil halotolerant bacterial strains were isolated and screened for 12 PGP traits related to phytohormone production, improved nitrogen and phosphorus availability, nutrient cycling, and plant defence. The four \u2018most promising\u2019 halotolerant PGPB strains were tested hydroponically on wheat by measuring their effect on germination, survival, and biomass along a salinity gradient. (3) Results: Two halotolerant bacterial strains with PGP traits were isolated from the non-saline soil and were identified as Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas fluorescens, and another two halotolerant bacterial strains with PGP traits were isolated from the saline soil and identified as B. megaterium. When grown under 250 mM of NaCl, only the inoculated wheat seedlings survived. The halotolerant bacterial strain that displayed all 12 PGP traits and promoted seed germination and plant growth the most was one of the B. megaterium strains isolated from the saline soil. Although they both belonged to the B. megaterium clade and displayed a remarkable halotolerance, the two bacterial strains isolated from the saline soil differed in two PGP traits and had different effects on plant performance, which clearly shows that PGP potential is not phylogenetically determined. (4) Conclusions: Our data highlight that salt-sensitive plants and non-saline soils can be reservoirs for halotolerant microbes with the potential to become effective and sustainable strategies to improve plant tolerance to salinity. However, these strains need to be tested under field conditions and with more crops before being considered biofertilizer candidates.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture and Food Sciences", "PRODUCTIVITY", "DEFENSE", "QH301-705.5", "AUXIN", "15. Life on land", "plant growth promoting traits", "Article", "12. Responsible consumption", "salinity", "SALT STRESS", "NITROGEN", "halotolerant bacterial strains", "13. 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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.", "keywords": ["Microbial consortia", "Delivery methods", "Sustainable agriculture", "Plant growth-promoting microorganisms", "Metagenome fragment recruitments", "Bioactive compounds", "In vitro compatibility", "SIMBA"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Tabacchioni S., Passato S., Ambrosino P., Huang L., Caldara M., Cantale C., Hett J., Del Fiore A., Fiore A., Schluter A., Sczyrba A., Maestri E., Marmiroli N., Neuhoff D., Nesme J., Sorensen S. J., Aprea G., Nobili C., Presenti O., Giovannetti G., Giovannetti C., Pihlanto A., Brunori A., Bevivino A.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.enea.it/bitstream/20.500.12079/65687/3/Identification%20of%20Beneficial%20Microbial%20Consortia%20and%20Bioactive%20Compounds%20with%20Potential%20as%20Plant%20Biostimulants%20for%20a%20Sustainable%20Agriculture.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/20.500.12079/65687"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "20.500.12079/65687", "name": "item", "description": "20.500.12079/65687", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/20.500.12079/65687"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "20.500.11755/8824abef-66b4-4db7-b6e6-12f4ffc7d59f", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:22:48Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-20", "title": "Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth", "description": "Plastic residues have become a serious environmental problem in the regions with intensive use of plastic mulching. 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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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. 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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/2808068377"}, {"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": "2808068377", "name": "item", "description": "2808068377", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2808068377"}, {"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": "2884141993", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-20", "title": "Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth", "description": "Plastic residues have become a serious environmental problem in the regions with intensive use of plastic mulching. 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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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": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "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. 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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", "0301 basic medicine", "2. 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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. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Cytokinins", "hormones", "nodule", "Fabaceae", "legume", "Review Article", "Ethylenes", "Plant Root Nodulation", "symbiosis", "Gibberellins", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "nitrogen fixation", "Nitrogen Fixation", "Symbiosis"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/3080281680"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "3080281680", "name": "item", "description": "3080281680", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/3080281680"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3087937175", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-09-24", "title": "Response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) growth to soil contaminated with microplastics", "description": "Although concerns surrounding microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial ecosystems have been growing in recent years, little is known about the responses of plant growth to MPs pollution. 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. Climate action", "Biodegradable microplastics", "Soil-plant system", "Plastics", "Ecosystem", "Plant growth", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/3087937175"}, {"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": "3087937175", "name": "item", "description": "3087937175", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/3087937175"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "3124594360", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:22Z", "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>", "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/3124594360"}, {"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": "3124594360", "name": "item", "description": "3124594360", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/3124594360"}, {"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": "33045612", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:32Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-09-24", "title": "Response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) growth to soil contaminated with microplastics", "description": "Although concerns surrounding microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial ecosystems have been growing in recent years, little is known about the responses of plant growth to MPs pollution. 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. Climate action", "Biodegradable microplastics", "Soil-plant system", "Plastics", "Ecosystem", "Plant growth", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/33045612"}, {"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": "33045612", "name": "item", "description": "33045612", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/33045612"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "37379661", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-26", "title": "Turning up the volume: How root branching adaptive responses aid water foraging", "description": "Access to water is critical for all forms of life. 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/37379661"}, {"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": "37379661", "name": "item", "description": "37379661", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/37379661"}, {"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": "40302147", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:23:41Z", "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/40302147"}, {"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": "40302147", "name": "item", "description": "40302147", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/40302147"}, {"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": "PMC11124357", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:24:58Z", "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/PMC11124357"}, {"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": "PMC11124357", "name": "item", "description": "PMC11124357", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC11124357"}, {"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": "PMC7747975", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:25:02Z", "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. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Cytokinins", "hormones", "nodule", "Fabaceae", "legume", "Review Article", "Ethylenes", "Plant Root Nodulation", "symbiosis", "Gibberellins", "03 medical and health sciences", "Plant Growth Regulators", "nitrogen fixation", "Nitrogen Fixation", "Symbiosis"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/PMC7747975"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "PMC7747975", "name": "item", "description": "PMC7747975", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC7747975"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "PMC12041630", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:24:59Z", "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/PMC12041630"}, {"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": "PMC12041630", "name": "item", "description": "PMC12041630", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC12041630"}, {"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": "PMC11449112", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:24:58Z", "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/PMC11449112"}, {"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": "PMC11449112", "name": "item", "description": "PMC11449112", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC11449112"}, {"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": "PMC11831169", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:24:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-02-05", "title": "Abscisic acid signaling gates salt-induced responses of plant roots", "description": "<p>                     Soil salinity presents a dual challenge for plants, involving both osmotic and ionic stress. 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"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/PMC11831169"}, {"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": "PMC11831169", "name": "item", "description": "PMC11831169", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC11831169"}, {"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": "PMC6121082", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:25:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-06-15", "title": "Out of Shape During Stress: A Key Role for Auxin", "description": "In most abiotic stress conditions, including salinity and water deficit, the developmental plasticity of the plant root is regulated by the phytohormone auxin. 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/PMC6121082"}, {"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": "PMC6121082", "name": "item", "description": "PMC6121082", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC6121082"}, {"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": "PMC6132195", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:25:01Z", "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/PMC6132195"}, {"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": "PMC6132195", "name": "item", "description": "PMC6132195", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/PMC6132195"}, {"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": "PMC7419637", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-10-06T16:25:02Z", "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", "0301 basic medicine", "2. 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