Managing soil fertilization levels can make for more efficient and productive crops | The-14
Smarter fertilization boosts crop efficiency and resilience while protecting soil health. Cutting excess use strengthens roots, microbes, and long-term yields.
Many grasses are infected by systemic fungal endophytes that occur in aboveground plant tissues. Both aboveground
#EndophyticFungi and belowground
#SoilMicrobes can influence
#PlantGrowth. Yaobing Qu et al. investigated whether the role of aboveground
#Epichloë #Endophytes in the growth and competitive ability of the host grasses was influenced by soil microbes.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac028Scientists are using the DNA from soil microbes to model how they function and use carbon, ultimately helping to advance the accuracy of climate models.
#BioEGSB #soilmicrobes
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/02/21/improving-climate-predictions-by-unlocking-the-secrets-of-soil-microbes/
Improving Climate Predictions by Unlocking the Secrets of Soil Microbes - Biosciences Area
A new climate model that incorporates genetic information from soil microbes facilitates insights into how they efficiently store carbon from plant roots.
New publication: Integrating soil microbial communities into fundamental ecology, conservation, and restoration: examples from Australia.
#conservation #diversity #globalchange #soilmicrobes #restoration #mycorrhizalfungi #conferencehttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19440The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties
Our new review paper is out in Nature Reviews Microbiology!
Led by Laurent Philippot, with Claire Chenu, Andreas Kappler, Noah Fierer.
#microbiome #soil #SoilBiodiversity #soilhealth #globalchange #SoilMicrobes
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-023-00980-5
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The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Philippot et al. explore how soil microorganisms can affect the physical and chemical properties of soil and discuss the ecological and evolutionary consequences of these microbially driven shifts in soil properties. They also explore how microbially mediated changes in soil properties can be used to combat threats to soil health and other environmental challenges.
Imagine a world where crops can grow without fertilisers. That’s what some scientists are trying to achieve by reawakening dormant plant traits. They are exploring how plants can form symbiotic relationships with soil microbes that provide them with nitrogen and other nutrients.
#plantbiology #sustainablefarming #soilmicrobes https://theconversation.com/how-dormant-plant-traits-could-be-reawakened-to-unlock-fertiliser-free-farming-211235?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes
How dormant plant traits could be reawakened to unlock fertiliser-free farming
Farming has made crop plants reliant on synthetic fertilisers, but we can reactivate their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms and make them more independent.
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life
Manure application and local variation dominates the microbial signal (PLFA/PLEL: 244 chains x 5 systems, block design) compared to crop rotation and other management practices. Signals in soil organic carbon, and total nitrogen are less clear. Esperschutz etal 2007
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00318.x #SoilMicrobes #PLFA #Agroecosystem
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