Legume plant defenses and nutrients mediate indirect interactions between soil rhizobia and chewing herbivores
Soil bacteria that associate with plant roots promote host vigor. Legume plants form mutualisms with rhizobial bacteria, and legumes grown with rhizobia have more nutrients and defenses than those grown without rhizobia. However, few studies have tested how stressors such as herbivores affect soil r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Basic and Applied Ecology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143917912200072X |