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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.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 791–947

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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

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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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Acclimation elicits root detoxification mechanisms that enhance vacuolar Zn2+ compartmentalisation and so improve root membrane functionality and leaf stomatal regulation.

Taxon: tobaccoNicotiana tabacumt0
Treatment: acclimation processe6
Outcome: root membrane functionality and stomatal regulation in leavese6
Qualifier: specific detoxification mechanisms in roots that enhanced Zn2+ compartmentalization in vacuolese6

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“acclimated tobacco plants”
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“Thus, the acclimation process elicited specific detoxification mechanisms in roots that enhanced Zn2+ compartmentalization in vacuoles, thereby improving root membrane functionality and stomatal regulation in leaves following elevated Zn2+ stress”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1284–1530

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Zn2+-induced changes at the root level account for the increased tolerance of acclimated tobacco plants

Nadia Bazihizina; Cosimo Taiti; Lucia Marti; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2014. doi:10.1093/jxb/eru251

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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”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 910–1006

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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.

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The binding result suggests alternative binding sites or functionality for ARF16-2.

Taxon: SoybeanGlycine maxt0
Gene: ARF16-2t0
Outcome: alternative binding sites or functionalitye0
Qualifier: suggestinge0

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“suggesting alternative binding sites or functionality.”
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“ARF16-2 by microRNA160 During Soybean”
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Title

Regulation of ARF16-2 by microRNA160 During Soybean Root Nodule Development

Spencer Schreier Open PRAIRIE (South Dakota State University) 2017

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Hydraulic lift may maintain lateral-root functionality in dry nutrient-rich superficial soil without directly increasing water uptake.

Taxon: Cerrado woody plantse0
Organ / stage: lateral rootse0
Outcome: functionality of the lateral rootse0
Qualifier: hydraulic lifte0

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“suggesting that hydraulic lift in Cerrado woody plants may help maintain the functionality of the lateral roots in exploring dry and nutrient rich superficial soil layers without directly enhancing the amount of water uptake.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1508–1733

Title

Biophysical and life‐history determinants of hydraulic lift in Neotropical savanna trees

F. G. Scholz; S. J. Bucci; G. Goldstein; et al. Functional Ecology 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01452.x

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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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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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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”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2112–2227

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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.

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Partial least squares discriminant analysis distinguished cassavas by starch functionality.

Taxon: cassavasManihot esculentae0
Outcome: divergence among the cassavase0
Comparator: starch functionalitye0

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“partial least square discriminant analysis, which highlighted the divergence among the cassavas based on starch functionality.”
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Assessing variation in physicochemical, structural, and functional properties of root starches from novel Tanzanian cassava (Manihot esculentaCrantz.) landraces

Mariam K. Mtunguja; Maysaya Thitisaksakul; Yasinta C. Muzanila; et al. Starch - Stärke 2015. doi:10.1002/star.201500179

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