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ReviewPlant communications2026

Rhizospheric traits and plant functioning belowground.

Peipei Zhang, Junxiang Ding, Deliang Kong, Huajun Yin

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Review in Plant communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Spatial heterogeneity of the microbiota inFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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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

4 authors.

Peipei ZhangMountain Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province & China-Croatia Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
Junxiang DingCollege of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
Deliang KongCollege of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
Huajun YinMountain Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province & China-Croatia Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. Electronic address: yinhj@cib.ac.cn.

Funding

Non-US Government Research Support type
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plant rhizosphere, a region interconnecting roots, soil, and microorganisms, is critical for plant resource acquisition, community structure, and the functional stability of ecosystems. Most studies focus primarily on root traits, while overlooking the covariation within the rhizosphere root-soil-microbe continuum and its ecological implications under environmental change. Here, we highlight the necessity of integrating rhizosphere function into a broader theoretical framework encompassing belowground traits, such as the core functional modules of roots, rhizosphere microorganisms (including mycorrhizal fungi), and soil. We further identify critical knowledge gaps and future directions for research on rhizosphere function traits. This framework expands current perspectives on plant belowground functional traits, plant adaptation, and ecosystem stability under changing environments.

Indexed as

Plant Physiological PhenomenaPlant RootsPlantsRhizosphereSoil MicrobiologyEcosystemMycorrhizaeSoilSoilbelowground resource acquisitionplant functional traitsplant–microbe interactionsrhizosphereroot economics space

Identifiers

PMID41169048
PMCPMC12902290

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