Competition between roots and microorganisms for nitrogen: Mechanisms and ecological relevance

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 656-669

  Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a,b,c   Xu, Xingliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) turnover; Competition for nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P); Mutualism; Niche differentiation; Nutrient acquisition; Plant microbe interactions; Priming effect; Rhizosphere ecology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTUALISM; NICHE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REACTION KINETICS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TURNOVER;

ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84876417162     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12235     Document Type: Review

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