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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Nitrogen fertilizer affected root microbiome functionality.

Taxon: maize plantsZea mayse2
Organ / stage: rootse0
Treatment: N fertilizer applicatione0
Outcome: microbiome functionalitye0
Comparator: without N fertilizatione1

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“In the roots, N fertilizer application affected the bacterial community structure, the microbiome functionality, and the abundance of genes involved in the N cycle”
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“without N fertilization”
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“maize plants cultivated”
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Title

Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Alters the Root Endophyte Bacterial Microbiome in Maize Plants, but Not in the Stem or Rhizosphere Soil

Alejandra Miranda-Carrazco; Yendi E. Navarro-Noya; Bram Govaerts; et al. Microbiology Spectrum 2022. doi:10.1128/spectrum.01785-22

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Association Plant compartment defined bacterial community structure more strongly than agricultural techniques.
Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilizer affected root bacterial community structure.
Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilizer affected abundance of N-cycle genes in roots.
Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilizer had much smaller effects on rhizosphere and stem microbiomes than on root microbiomes.
Intervention effect Tillage did not affect the maize microbiome.

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Symbiotic NIN proteins acquired nitrate-independent functionality.

Taxon: legumese1
Gene: NIN proteinse0
Outcome: nitrate independent functionalitye0

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“symbiotic NIN proteins were optimized for their role in symbiosis by acquiring nitrate independent functionality”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 643–755

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“root nodule symbiosis”
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“Nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis is an ecologically and economically important trait in legumes and some related species”
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Title

Ancestral functionality and symbiotic refinement of NIN in root nodule symbiosis

Jieyu Liu; Siqi Yan; Min Li; et al. Nature Communications 2026. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71330-1

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Observation Non-symbiotic NIN orthologs functioned in intracellular infection.
Observation Non-symbiotic NIN orthologs could initiate nodules.
Observation Symbiotic NIN proteins acquired constitutive nuclear localization.
Intervention effect A single amino acid substitution enhanced Arabidopsis AtNLP2 nuclear localization under low nitrate.
Observation Substituted AtNLP2 became functionally comparable to Parasponia PanNIN.

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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In multispecies forest plots, predicted bacterial plant-growth functionality declined with increasing root functional dispersion.

Taxon: treee1
Organ / stage: rootse0
Interactor: BacteriaBacteriae2symbiont
Outcome: bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activitiese0
Direction: declinede0
Setting: multispecies forest plotse0

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“In multispecies forest plots, the bacterial functionality linked to plant growth activities declined with the increasing functional dispersion of the roots.”
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“tree growth and fitness”
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“Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms”
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Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils

Luis Daniel Prada‐Salcedo; Janna Wambsganss; Jürgen Bauhus; et al. Environmental Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15244

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Mycorrhizal fungal functionality was impaired in E151.

Taxon: peaLathyrus oleraceust0
Material: E151e0
Interactor: fungale0symbiont
Outcome: fungal functionalitye0
Direction: impairede0

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“Mycorrhizal colonization of E151 was intensified, although the fungal functionality was impaired”
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“pea (Pisum sativum L.)”
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E151 (sym15), a pleiotropic mutant of pea (Pisum sativum L.), displays low nodule number, enhanced mycorrhizae, delayed lateral root emergence, and high root cytokinin levels

James M. C. Jones; Lindsey Clairmont; Emily S. Macdonald; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2015. doi:10.1093/jxb/erv201

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Observation E151 nodulated less and later than wild type.
Observation E151 had epidermal and cortical nodulation defects but some functional mature nodules.
Observation E151 had intensified mycorrhizal colonization.
Observation E151 lateral root emergence was initially delayed but later recovered.
Observation ABA levels did not differ between mutant and wild type.
Observation Non inoculated E151 had significantly high CK levels.
Mechanism Authors hypothesize CK inhibits rhizobial entry to cortex.
Mechanism Authors hypothesize CK promotes fungal entry to cortex.

Method / resourceauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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RootDS provides greater functionality in disease score data sets and alternative image sets for RSML.

Taxon: common beanPhaseolus vulgarise1
Interactor: Fusarium root rote1pathogen
Outcome: greater functionality in disease score data setse0
Direction: greatere0

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“the RootDS pipeline provides greater functionality in disease score data sets and provides an alternative method for generating image sets for use in available RSML software.”
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“We tested the pipeline in common bean inoculated with Fusarium root rot.”
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Title

An image‐based technique for automated root disease severity assessment using PlantCV

Logan D. Pierz; Dilyn R. Heslinga; C. Robin Buell; et al. Applications in Plant Sciences 2023. doi:10.1002/aps3.11507

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Method / resource The RootDS pipeline captured more variation than manual disease scores.
Method / resource Images from RootDS did not affect RSML output compared with manual thresholding.

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Abundant bacterial operational taxonomic units were decoupled from bacterial functionality.

Taxon: treee1
Interactor: BacteriaBacteriae2symbiont
Outcome: bacterial functionalitye0

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“enriched abundant bacterial operational taxonomic units are decoupled from bacterial functionality.”
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“tree growth and fitness”
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“Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–306

Title

Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils

Luis Daniel Prada‐Salcedo; Janna Wambsganss; Jürgen Bauhus; et al. Environmental Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15244

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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The water regime did not impact the basic AM functionality of rice.

Taxon: RiceOryza sativae0
Outcome: basic AM functionalitye7
Qualifier: without impactinge7

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“The results demonstrate that the water regime is the driving force that regulates AM colonization under flooding conditions, by directly influencing root architecture and anatomy, but without impacting the basic AM functionality”
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“Rice is mostly cultivated in wetlands”
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Title

Rice flooding negatively impacts root branching and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization, but not fungal viability

MARTA VALLINO; VALENTINA FIORILLI; PAOLA BONFANTE Plant Cell & Environment 2013. doi:10.1111/pce.12177

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Intervention effect Root branching was more pronounced in dry conditions than in flooded conditions.
Intervention effect Inoculation with Rhizophagus irregularis enhanced root branching.
Association In wetlands the colonization level was comparable with dry conditions until 21 dpi.
Association Mycorrhization decreased after 21 dpi in wetlands.
Association Aerenchyma increased in wetlands in parallel with the decrease in mycorrhization.
Intervention effect Expression of the fungal transporters was comparable between flooded and dry conditions.
Observation The root apparatus rapidly adapted when shifted from one water regime to the other.
Observation Expression changes of plant marker genes mirrored the reversibility of the rice AM symbiosis.
Mechanism The water regime drives AM colonization by directly influencing root architecture and anatomy.

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Soil nutrient and microbiome functionality correlations strengthened.

Outcome: correlations between soil nutrients (organic matter, total/available N/P) and microbiome functionalitye0
Direction: strengthenede0
Setting: soile0

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“strengthened correlations between soil nutrients (organic matter, total/available N/P) and microbiome functionality”
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Agricultural residue-based Bacillus tequilensis Bt-RS fermentation enhances banana growth, root metabolism, and rhizosphere microbiome

Na Deng; Zhengquan Feng; Jingran Sun; et al. Scientia Horticulturae 2025. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114404

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Observation Bt-RS can produce IAA, fix nitrogen and produce siderophores.
Intervention effect Agricultural residues optimized Bt-RS colonization in banana soil, rhizosphere and roots.
Intervention effect Bt-RS fermentation broth upregulated 56 functional metabolites.
Intervention effect Bt-RS broth increased banana plant height by 81.90% relative to blank control.
Intervention effect Bt-RS broth increased banana leaf length by 78.13% relative to blank control.
Intervention effect Bt-RS broth increased banana leaf width by 86.93% relative to blank control.
Intervention effect Bt-RS broth increased banana chlorophyll content by 90.76% relative to blank control.
Intervention effect Bt-RS broth increased banana root activity by 217.55% relative to blank control.
Intervention effect Bt-RS broth increased banana stress resistance indices relative to blank control.
Observation The rhizosphere enriched Bacillus, Burkholderiaceae and Cupriavidus.
Observation The rhizosphere diversified microbial carbon metabolism.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Predicted bacterial plant-growth functionality increased from monospecific to multispecies forest.

Taxon: treee1
Interactor: BacteriaBacteriae2symbiont
Outcome: bacterial functionalitye0
Direction: increasinge0
Comparator: monospecifice0

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“predicted gene profiles linked to plant growth activities suggest an increasing bacterial functionality from monospecific to multispecies forest.”
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“tree growth and fitness”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 320–343

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“Bacteria are among the key plant growth-promoting microorganisms”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–306

Title

Low root functional dispersion enhances functionality of plant growth by influencing bacterial activities in European forest soils

Luis Daniel Prada‐Salcedo; Janna Wambsganss; Jürgen Bauhus; et al. Environmental Microbiology 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15244

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The functionality of IAA from fungal culture filtrate was confirmed by growing micropropagated apple rootstock plantlets in vitro on MS medium supplemented with the filtrate.

Taxon: apple rootstocke1
Treatment: MS medium supplemented with fungal culture filtratee1
Outcome: functionality of IAA was confirmede1

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“the functionality of IAA was confirmed by growing in vitro micropropagated plantlets of apple rootstock on MS medium supplemented with fungal culture filtrate”
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Title

Auxin‐mediated relationships between apple plants and root inhabiting fungi: impact on root pathogens and potentialities of growth‐promoting populations

L. M. Manici; M. Kelderer; F. Caputo; et al. Plant Pathology 2014. doi:10.1111/ppa.12315

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