The rhizosphere embodies a complex biogeochemical zone with enhanced rates of nutrient
exchange between plants, soil, and microbial communities. Understanding controls on …

Plants and microorganisms have developed mechanisms to acquire soil phosphorus (P).
The present study occurred in Chinese fir plantations with five planting densities (1667 …

Soil microorganisms play a key role in driving major biogeochemical cycles and in global
responses to climate change. However, understanding and predicting the behavior and …

Chitin is an insoluble and ubiquitous soil biopolymer, estimated to be the second most
abundant organic soil biopolymer on Earth. Despite its abundance, role as a source of C …

Background Elucidating the intricate structural organization and spatial gradients of
biomolecular composition within the rhizosphere is critical to understanding important …

In the area of “returning farmland to forest” on the Loess Plateau in China, it is difficult to
cultivate artificially planted trees into forests. In the current study, abandoned cultivated land …

We describe a method for two-dimensional (2D) visualization and quantification of the
distribution of labile (ie, reversibly adsorbed) inorganic nutrient (eg, P, Fe, Mn) and …

Background and aims Mycorrhizal fungi-released phosphatases have long been claimed
pivotal to mobilize soil organic phosphorus (P). We hypothesized that ectomycorrhizal …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is essential in semi-arid agricultural land for enhancing soil
health, particularly through the promotion of microbial activities. This study assessed the …

Rhizosphere arguably embodies the most diverse microbial ecosystem on the planet, yet it
is largely a functional 'black box'of belowground plant-microbiome interactions. The …