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New publication: The legacy of #soil chemistry: a hidden manipulator driving plant–soil feedbacks. #belowgroundinteractions #plantperformance #volatilecompounds
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Figure 2 in Chen et al. (2026): "Conceptual pathways indicating the involvement of soil chemical legacies in plant–soil feedbacks. Plant metabolites released by a growing plant, as well as those released during the decomposition of plant litter can: (i) directly affect the roots and performance of a responding plant; (ii) recruit root-associated microbiota that subsequently colonize responding plant roots and alter their performance; (iii) recruit root-associated microbiota that produce secondary metabolites directly influencing responding plant roots; and (iv) support root-associated microbiota that release secondary metabolites attracting or repelling other soil microbes, which indirectly modify the growth and defense of the responding plant."
July 31, 2026 at 9:00 AM