July 2005 in “HortScience” This study found that adding sheep wool-waste or human hair-waste to soil increased yields and secondary metabolites in various crops and supported up to five harvests without additional fertilizers, though it decreased mycorrhizae colonization.
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February 2023 in “Environmental and experimental botany” This review discusses the role of jasmonic acid and its conjugates in enhancing plant stress tolerance and balancing growth and defense mechanisms but provides no new experimental data.
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December 2018 in “Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science” This study concluded that mycorrhizal colonization in trifoliate orange seedlings enhanced root-hair growth and altered root hormone levels to help the plants adapt to mild drought stress.
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August 2016 in “The Plant cell” This study found that downregulating PI3K in common bean severely impaired symbiosis with beneficial microorganisms, indicating an essential role for autophagy-related processes in these mutualistic interactions.
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May 2015 in “Planta” Certain fungi and bacteria help orchid seeds germinate and plants grow better.