nutrient-cycling
Nutrient cycling refers to the movement and exchange of inorganic and organic matter—including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and other minerals—through ecosystems in continuous, repeating pathways. Unlike energy flow, which moves unidirectionally through food webs, nutrients are recirculated between living organisms, soil, water, and the atmosphere. For plant science, understanding these cycles is essential, as plants both depend on and actively drive nutrient availability, influencing productivity, ecosystem health, and how plants adapt to varying environmental conditions.
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Wheat plants were engineered to pull some nitrogen from the air
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White lupins deploy novel root acids to unlock soil phosphorus
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Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks.
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Larger soil clumps are the main gatekeepers for plant-available phosphorus
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Functional characterization of LbCDF-A, an ER-localized Zn transpor...
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