We often ignore what we cannot see, and yet organisms below the soil's surface play a vital role in plant functions and ecosystem well-being. These microbes can influence a plant's genetic structure, its health, and its interactions with other plants. A new series of articles in a special section in the American Journal of Botany on "Rhizosphere Interactions: The Root Microbiome" explores how root microbiomes influence plants across multiple scales -- from cellular, bacterial, and whole plant l...
Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/ajo...
Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/ajo...