School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Carbon efficiency for nutrient acquisition (CENA) by plants: role of nutrient availability and microbial symbionts
Published 2022Background In a recent framework, Raven et al. (2018) considered carbon cost of acquiring phosphorus by mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants. Scope We broaden their conceptual framework by incorporating belowground ...Open AccessArticle -
Drought and interspecific competition increase belowground carbon allocation for nitrogen acquisition in monocultures and mixtures of Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne
Published 2022Purpose Belowground carbon (C) allocation for nitrogen (N) acquisition plays a crucial role in determining primary productivity and plant competitiveness in legume-grass mixtures, but beyond modeling and qualitative ...Open AccessArticle -
Global analysis of phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency in cereal crops
Published 2021Due to limits in global phosphate rock reserves for fertilizer use, it is vital to increase phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency (PFUE) to maintain agricultural productivity and food security. With 865 observations from ...Open AccessArticle -
Nitrogen and phosphorus availability have stronger effects on gross and net nitrogen mineralisation than wheat rhizodeposition
Published 2022Soil nitrogen (N) availability is determined by microbial gross N mineralisation (GNM) and immobilisation, where net N mineralisation (NNM) represents their balance. Plants provide a substantial amount of their photosynthesized ...Open AccessArticle -
Carbon allocation to the rhizosphere is affected by drought and nitrogen addition
Published 20211. Photosynthetic carbon (C) allocated below-ground can be shared with mycorrhizal fungi in exchange for nutrients, but also added into soil as rhizodeposits that potentially increases plant nutrient supply by supporting ...Open AccessArticle