Plant Root Exudate Composition and Rhizosphere Assembly: Causal Tests With Synthetic Communities

Authors

  • Francesca Sammut-Bon Department of Plant Sciences, Marsaxlokk Institute of Biological Sciences, Marsaxlokk, Malta Author
  • Isaure Fontanelle Department of Microbial Ecology, Puisaye Institute of Biological Sciences, Auxerre, France Author
  • Fabian Grabianski Centre for Microbiome Research, Suwalszczyzna Institute of Biological Sciences, Suwalki, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22668703

Keywords:

Plant Root Exudate Composition and Rhizosphere Assembly; Biological sciences; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Plant Root Exudate Composition and Rhizosphere Assembly has moved quickly from a niche research question to something a
wider community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for plant root exudate composition and rhizosphere assembly, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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