Water use efficiency (WUE, the ratio of gross primary productivity (GPP) to evapotranspiration (ET)) reflects coupled relationship between water loss and carbon gain in process plant photosynthetic assimilation. As a dominant tree species arid area, Populus euphratica plays an important ecological role slowing desertification. Here, continuous observations carbon, water, energy fluxes were carr...

How sex-related root traits and soil microbes their interactions respond to drought remains unclear. Here, we investigated how fine the composition of rhizosphere microbial communities in Populus euphratica females males concert 17-year-old plantations. Females increased specific length (SRL) response drought. However, showed no changes roots but significant increases arbuscular mycorrhizal hyp...