BACKGROUND: The coevolution and interaction between plants and microorganisms have long been a subject of significant research interest. Dark septate endophytes (DSE) have garnered great attention in contemporary research due to their functional diversity, in vitro cultivation ab...
Heterosis, or hybrid vigor, refers to the phenomenon where F1 hybrids outperform their parental inbred lines. Despite more than a century of intensive research across various species, the genetic basis and environmental regulation of heterosis, particularly belowground, remain poorly understood. ...
Carbonate-type saline-alkaline stress severely constrains maize production; however, the synergistic response mechanisms between rhizosphere microorganisms and metabolites remain unclear. This study focused on maize fields in the carbonate chernozem region of the Songnen Plain in Northeast China....