Increased periods of water shortage and higher temperatures, together with a reduction in
nutrient availability, have been proposed as major factors that negatively impact plant …

Plant microbiota can greatly impact plant growth, defense, and health in different
environments. Thus, it might be evolutionarily beneficial for plants to be able to control …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can form a symbiotic relationships with most terrestrial
plants and play an important role in plant growth and adaptation to various stresses. To …

Soil phosphorus (P) availability and its distribution influence plant growth and productivity,
but how they affect the growth dynamics and sex‐specific P acquisition strategies of …

Abstract Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is an important tropical species of the
Poaceae family with wide distribution in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It is one of the …

Introduction Fitness of plants is affected by their symbiotic interactions with arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and such effects are highly dependent on the environmental …

Salt stress is one of the major environmental constraints for plant growth. Although the ways
in which mycorrhizal plants deal with salt stress have been well documented, it still is blank …

Medal (note the leaf scroll at the top) received by W. Adams at the Missouri State Science
Fair. The backdrop of leaves includes those from (beginning in the upper left, moving …

Abstract Effects of climate warming on tree growth and physiology may be driven by direct
thermal effects and/or by changes in soil moisture. Dioecious tree species usually show …

Plant-soil microbe interactions are determined by plant characters. Sexual dimorphism in
root development, nitrogen (N) assimilation and resource allocation have been studied in …