Earthworms influence the production of above- and belowground biomass and the expression of genes involved in cell proliferation and stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Jana, Ulrike ^a   Barot, Sébastien ^b   Blouin, Manuel ^a   Lavelle, Patrick ^c   Laffray, Daniel ^a   Repellin, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Arabidopsis thaliana; Earthworm; Plant plasticity; Shoot root ratio; Soil quality; Transcript accumulation

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AERIAL BIOMASS; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; C/N RATIO; CELL DIVISIONS; CELLULAR DIVISION; COMPLEX MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; IN-CELL; IN-PLANTS; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT GENES; PLANT GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT RATIO; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL QUALITY; STRESS RESPONSE; THALIANA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FORESTRY; GENES; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLASTICITY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HORMONE; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; PHYTOMASS; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71849087571     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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