Michał Słota

🔬 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal structures create vital microbial habitats within the soil, hosting diverse communities of bacteria and archaea.
⬆️ AMF hyphosphere microbiome niches & modalities of bacterial communities (credits: Vieira et al. 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109702). #soil #science

Plants have evolved diverse root adaptations to survive in challenging environments, demonstrating remarkable phenotypic plasticity.🌱🌡️
Image: root system architecture and anatomical responses to different habitats (credits: Ramachandran et al. 2025; DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae586).
#plants #biology

🪱🚧 Earthworms play a key role in soil health by facilitating critical biogeochemical processes underpinning the functioning of the terrestrial ecosystem. Image: soil ecosystem services provided by earthworms (credits: Sanchez-Hernandez et al. 2024; DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64510-5_19).
#soil #farming

🇵🌱 Jasmonic acid demonstrates a significant systemic signaling function by regulating root system architecture, modifying lateral root growth, and operating upstream of phosphate starvation-induced genes (credits: Yu et al. 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s11104-024-07065-z).
#soil #agriculture

Signalling routes in the plant-microbial communication 🦠🔄🌱 Plants allocate photosynthetic resources to root exudates, with estimates that 3-30% of fixed carbon is released into soil to attract & selectively recruit beneficial microorganisms (credits: Li et al. 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100812).

🛡️🦠 Pseudomonas genus, characterized by its metabolic diversity and abundance in various environments, demonstrates a remarkable biocontrol potential against numerous plant pathogens across different crop systems. (credits: Alattas et al. 2024; DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1485197).
#crops #agriculture

🔎🍃 Recent research has highlighted the previously underappreciated role of guard cell starch metabolism as a crucial signaling nexus bridging environmental stimuli and stomatal movement (credits: Dang et al. 2024; DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae414). #plants #science

🔵 Blue light (wavelengths between 450-495nm) plays a specialized role in regulating stomatal opening, phototropism, and the synthesis of chlorophyll through cryptochrome and phototropin photoreceptors.

🔴 Red light (wavelengths between 620-750nm) primarily drives photosynthesis by being efficiently absorbed by chlorophyll molecules, making it crucial for biomass production and flowering in most plant species.

Do plants distinguish colors? 🚦🌱
Light comprises different wavelengths that distinctly influence plant development.
Time-lapse video of the growth of radish seedling exposed to blue and red light source (credits: Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences).
#plants #science

🦠 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiosis potentially amplifies silicon's beneficial effects, creating a synergistic interaction that enhances plant stress tolerance through multilayered physiological adaptations.
(credits: Vega et al. 2021; DOI: 10.1007/s42729-021-00701-y)
#soil #agriculture