Inspired by grassland biodiversity experiments studying the impact of plant diversity on
primary productivity, the Crop Diversity Experiment setup in 2018 aimed at testing whether …

Food crops are a vital source of nutrition for humans and domestic animals, with an
estimated 4 billion metric tons of food produced per year. Crops do not only provide yields …

Genetically diverse populations can increase plant resistance to natural enemies. Yet,
beneficial genotype pairs remain elusive due to the occurrence of positive or negative …

The phenotype of an individual can be affected by the genes of its conspecifics through
indirect genetic effects (IGEs). IGEs have been studied across different organisms including …

Reports indicate that intraspecific neighbours alter the physiology of focal plants, and with a
few exceptions, their molecular responses to neighbours are unknown. Recently, changes in …

In plant communities, diversity often increases productivity and functioning, but the specific
underlying drivers are difficult to identify. Most ecological theories attribute positive diversity …

Understanding trait–trait coordination is essential for successful plant breeding and crop
modeling. Notably, plant size drives variation in morphological, physiological, and …

Plants are typically surrounded by neighboring individuals in agricultural fields or natural
environments. In such circumstances, plant–plant interactions (PPI) are ubiquitous and …

Biodiversity can affect the properties of groups of organisms, such as ecosystem function
and the persistence of colonizing populations. Genomic data offer a newly available window …

The security of Earth's food systems is challenged by shifting regional climates. While
agricultural processes are disrupted by climate change, they also play a large role in …