Biochar-stimulated plant performance is strongly linked to microbial diversity and metabolic potential in the rhizosphere

New Phytologist

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1393-1404

  Kolton, Max ^a,b   Graber, Ellen R ^a   Tsehansky, Ludmila ^a   Elad, Yigal ^a   Cytryn, Eddie ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

biochar; ecosystem functioning; metabolic potential; microbial diversity; plant growth; plant resistance; rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

BIOCHAR; CARBON; CHARCOAL;

BIODIVERSITY; BOTRYTIS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; TIME FACTOR; TOMATO;

BIODIVERSITY; BOTRYTIS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84999780368     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14253     Document Type: Article

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