Global change is predicted to cause shifts in species distributions and biodiversity in arctic tundra. We applied factorial warming and nutrient manipulation to a nutrient and species poor alpine/arctic heath community for seven years. Vascular plant abundance in control plots increased by 31%. There were also notable changes in cover in the nutrient and combined nutrient and warming treatments...

Rock colonization by plant roots and their associated microbiota is one of the major drivers of mineral weathering, nutrient cycling, soil formation and ecosystem stability. Yet the mechanisms of biouptake of lithogenic elements from rocks with differential nutrient availabilities and limitations are yet to be established. Here we present results from a mesocosm experiment that examined lithoge...

We applied fertilizers in a 23 complete factorial design to determine the effects of nutrient amendments on plant growth in Hawaiian montane forests growing on two different volcanic substrates: 'a'a and pahoehoe lava. Both sites were about 140 years old and their overstories were nearly monospecific stands of Metrosiderospolymorpha. Fertilizer applications included N, P, a mixture of essential...

abstract biofertilizers are one of the main sources to supply nutrient elements for plants in sustainable agriculture. in order to evaluate the effects of biofertilizers and chemical fertilizers on cumin (cuminum cyminum) as a medicinal plant a field experiment was conducted in the research farm of faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad in a randomized complete block design with...

Besides water relations, nutrient allocation, and stoichiometric traits are fundamental feature of shrubs. Knowledge concerning the nutrient stoichiometry of xerophytes is essential to predicting the biogeochemical cycling in desert ecosystems as well as to understanding the homoeostasis and variability of nutrient traits in desert plants. Here, we focused on the temperate desert species Reaumu...

Nutrient recycling in a space-based Bioregenerative Life Support System (BLSS) will require an understanding of nutrient dosage effects on crop production, plant tissue partitioning, and geochemical fates within crop systems. Sodium (Na+), fluoride (F−), and iodide (I−) are found in human waste streams. These elements were examined using crops in hydroponic systems. Lettuce, radish, spinach, an...

The absorption behavior of technetium (Tc) and rhenium (Re) through plant roots was studied using nutrient solution culture. Radish samples, grown in culture solutions for 20-30 days in a greenhouse, were transferred into plastic vessels containing nutrient solutions contaminated with multitracer solutions including Tc and Re. The plant samples were grown individually for 1-7 days under laborat...