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ReviewPlant and soil2024

Bottom-up perspective - The role of roots and rhizosphere in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agroecosystems.

T S George, D Bulgarelli, A Carminati, Y Chen, D Jones, Y Kuzyakov, A Schnepf, M Wissuwa, T Roose

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Review in Plant and soil, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. mSphere · 2026
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  9. The Role of Phytohormones in Mediating Drought Stress Responses inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

T S GeorgeThe James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3231-2159
D BulgarelliPlant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2020-6642
A CarminatiDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7415-0480
Y ChenThe UWA Institute of Agriculture, & School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009 Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0798-8683
D JonesEnvironment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1482-4209
Y KuzyakovDepartment of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9863-8461
A SchnepfForschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, IBG‑3 (Agrosphere), Wilhelm Johnen Str, 52428 Jülich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2203-4466
M WissuwaPhenoRob Cluster, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3505-9398
T RooseSchool of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8710-1063

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aims: Climate change is happening and causing severe impact on the sustainability of agroecosystems. We argue that many of the abiotic stresses associated with climate change will be most acutely perceived by the plant at the root-soil interface and are likely to be mitigated at this globally important interface. In this review we will focus on the direct impacts of climate change, temperature, drought and pCO Methods and Results: We consider which belowground traits will be impacted and discuss the potential for monitoring and quantifying these traits for modelling and breeding programs. We discuss the specific impacts of combined stress and the role of the microbial communities populating the root-soil interface, collectively referred to as the rhizosphere microbiota, in interactions with roots under stress and discuss the plastic responses to stress as a way of adapting plants to climate change. We then go on to discuss the role that modelling has in understanding this complex problem and suggest the best belowground targets for adaptation and mitigation to climate change. We finish by considering where the main uncertainties lie, providing perspective on where research is needed. Conclusion: This review therefore focuses on the potential of roots and rhizosphere to adapt to climate change effects and to mitigate their negative impacts on plant growth, crop productivity, soil health and ecosystem services.

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AdaptationClimate change mitigationFood securityPlant rootsRhizosphere functions

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PMID40969406
PMCPMC12441093

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