Plant roots host defined microbial communities that differ from those in the surrounding soil, and these communities shift dynamically in response to plant development and environmental changes. Whilst it is widely accepted that root exudates play a key role in the assembly and dynamics of root-a...
Plant roots host defined microbial communities that differ from those in the surrounding soil, and these communities shift dynamically in response to plant development and environmental changes. Whilst it is widely accepted that root exudates play a key role in the assembly and dynamics of root-a...
1. Classical plant functional traits, often limited by intercorrelation and incomplete capture of dynamic variation, are insufficient for fully predicting ecological responses to environmental change. Quantifying independent functional dimensions, particularly those reflecting molecular and bioch...
Plants exude a diverse cocktail of metabolites into the soil as response to exogenous and endogenous influences. So far, root exudates have only been studied under artificial conditions due to methodological difficulties. In this study, each five perennial grass and forb species were investigated...