Calcifuge and soil-indifferent Proteaceae from south-western Australia: novel strategies in a calcareous habitat

PE Hayes, PL Clode, H Lambers - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Background and aims Proteaceae are a prominent plant family in south-western Australia.
Most Proteaceae are 'calcifuge', occurring exclusively on old phosphorus (P)-impoverished …

Iron biofortification in four non-heterotic red sweet cultivars of bell pepper

M Wala, J Kołodziejek, K Sieczyńska… - Food Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work investigated the effects of iron (Fe) chelate soil application on the
nutritional quality of fruits from four non-heterotic red sweet bell cultivars of pepper. The …

“Iron chlorosis paradox” in calcicoles and calcifuges from European dry grasslands: A meta-analysis

M Wala, J Kołodziejek - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Iron (Fe) deficiency-related chlorosis (lime chlorosis) and the “paradox of iron chlorosis” in
calcicole and calcifuge plants are unresolved problems. We performed a meta-analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-Scale Lithogeochemical Features Influence Plant Distribution Patterns in Alpine Grasslands in the Western Alps of Italy

A Cazzavillan, R Gerdol, E Marrocchino, C Vaccaro… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bedrock geology is crucial in structuring alpine plant communities. Old studies mainly
focused on the compositional differences between alpine plant communities on carbonate …

Photosynthetic physiological characteristics, growth performance, and element concentrations reveal the calcicole–calcifuge behaviors of three Camellia species

S Chai, H Jiang, Y Yang, X Pan, R Zou, J Tang… - Open Life …, 2024 - degruyter.com
We grew three yellow Camellia species (the calcifuge C. nitidissima and C. tunghinensis,
and the calcicole C. pubipetala) in acidic and calcareous soils for 7 months and assessed …