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Plant-Soil Feedbacks Help Explain Biodiversity-Productivity Relationships, Leslie E. Forero, Andrew Kulmatiski, Josephine Grenzer, Jeanette M. Norton
Plant-Soil Feedbacks Help Explain Biodiversity-Productivity Relationships, Leslie E. Forero, Andrew Kulmatiski, Josephine Grenzer, Jeanette M. Norton
Wildland Resources Student Research
Species-rich plant communities can produce twice as much aboveground biomass as monocultures, but the mechanisms remain unresolved. We tested whether plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) can help explain these biodiversity-productivity relationships. Using a 16-species, factorial field experiment we found that plants created soils that changed subsequent plant growth by 27% and that this effect increased over time. When incorporated into simulation models, these PSFs improved predictions of plant community growth and explained 14% of overyielding. Here we show quantitative, field-based evidence that diversity maintains productivity by suppressing plant disease. Though this effect alone was modest, it helps constrain the role of factors, …
Sabie Water Use, Andrew Kulmatiski
Sabie Water Use, Andrew Kulmatiski
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Plant root distributions are thought to determine plant growth and coexistence, but are notoriously difficult to measure. This dataset describes the concentration of deuterium oxide in plant tissues in plots where deuterium oxide was injected to target depths.
Usu Researchers Find That Lighting Efficiency For Plant Growth Has Doubled In Six Years, Usu Crop Physiology Lab
Usu Researchers Find That Lighting Efficiency For Plant Growth Has Doubled In Six Years, Usu Crop Physiology Lab
Controlled Environments
Nelson and Bugbee compared the efficiency of 22 lighting fixtures and found that the best light emitting diode fixtures—commonly known as LEDs—and the best high pressure sodium fixtures—often used in street lamps—are equally efficient. These two types of fixtures, however, provide optimum light for plants in significantly different ways.
Three Challenges Of Controlled Environment Research, Bruce Bugbee
Three Challenges Of Controlled Environment Research, Bruce Bugbee
Controlled Environments
A presentation given to show ways to grow plants in controlled research environments to more resemble plants found in the wild.
Do You Have Tips For Growing Cauliflower And Celery?, Dan Drost
Do You Have Tips For Growing Cauliflower And Celery?, Dan Drost
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How Many Ears Of Corn Grow On One Stalk?, Dan Drost
How Many Ears Of Corn Grow On One Stalk?, Dan Drost
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