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Biochar is a carbon source employed to improve soil properties, promoting plant health and nutrition in agroecosystems. Root associated microorganisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are also used as bioinoculants in combination with biochar to provide eco-friendly alternatives for crop production under unfavorable gr...
Soil fungi are diverse and common in crop systems with important ecological function such as saprotrophs, symbionts, and pathogens, all of which are key components for soil fertility and health. Agricultural practices including tillage, crop rotation, fertilization and pest management with pesticides and microbial biocontrol agents are known to aff...
Honey bees play a crucial role in agricultural production. Farmers rely on commercial bee pollination to obtain optimal yields, and beekeepers on the income from pollination fees. However, commercial pollination confronts honey bees with pests and pathogens, pesticides, and low-quality food, which in many cases do not fulfill the minimal nutritiona...
Drought events are expected to limit crop productivity in the context of current climate change. Drought is also likely to affect multitrophic interactions such as those involving plants, phytophagous insects and their natural enemies. We designed a two-phase experiment to test the effect of water availability and fertilizer treatment on the intera...
Soil microorganisms play a key role in plant growth and health, and honey bees depend on plant pollen and nectar for their nutrition. Despite this clear above- and belowground connection, our knowledge about bee-plant-soil interactions is yet limited. Also, how these multitrophic interactions are affected by agricultural practices like pesticide ap...
Drought events are expected to limit crop productivity in the context of current climate change. Drought is also likely to affect multitrophic interactions such as those involving plants, phytophagous insects and their natural enemies. We designed a two-phase experiment to test the effect of water availability and fertilizer treatment on the intera...
Soil pollution with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) such as phenanthrene is extremely detrimental to the environment and to all living organisms, which is why appropriate remediation techniques are required. Here we tested single and combination effects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Rhizophagus irregularis BEG 87 and a soil amen...
Cuando nos sentimos enfermos sabemos que seguramente tenemos una infección por virus o bacteria, es decir que alguna especie de microorganismo nos está invadiendo y nuestro cuerpo se defiende para enfrentarlo. Sin embargo, somos menos conscientes de los microorganismos que viven continuamente dentro de nosotros y que por el contrario, nos ayudan en...
Plant growth promotion traits of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are well-known, though documented mainly under controlled greenhouse conditions with little evidence from field experiments. Here we examined the contribution of native AMF communities to maize growth in two field experiments in luvisols with low and high P bioavailability and vari...
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Honey bees are associated with gut microorganisms essential for their nutrition and health. The composition of the microbial community can be used as a biological health indicator and is characterized using biomarker fatty acids. Commonly, gut microorganisms are exposed to pathogens and to an array of chemical and biological pest control...
