Hydroxamic acids (Hx) produced by some cereal crops have been associated with allelopathy. However, the release of Hx to the soil by the producing plant-an essential condition for a compound to be involved in allelopathy-has ...

Root architecture is of key importance for plant nutrition and performance. It is known that root architecture is determined by genetics and environmental conditions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if root ...

The composition of root exudates from two varieties (K 326 and NC 89) of tobacco were identified by GC-MS. Organic acids,amides and esters were the main constituents of the root exudates which differed in their qualitative ...

The principal impediment for Pb uptake by plants is the Casparian strip in roots. It prevents metals reaching the xylem, thereby hampering translocation to the aerial organs. In the root apices, young root cells have thin ...

Combined forms of nitrogen negatively influence rhizobia-legume symbiosis. The effects of combined nitrogen are known for nodulation and dinitrogen (N2) fixation, but little is known about the effect on preinfection events. ...

The organochlorine pesticide (OP) lindane was removed from minimal medium (MM) by two Streptomyces native strains, while growing on maize root exudates (REs) as a primary carbon and energy source. REs supported 55 and 35% ...

Environmental mixed pollution by both organic and inorganic compounds are detected worldwide. Phytoremediation techniques have been proposed as ecofriendly methods for cleaning up polluted sites. Several studies have ...

Background and aims: We studied, through exudates employment, the effect of Epichloë (endophytic fungi), both independently and in association with Bromus auleticus (grass), on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization, ...