Cover Crop Root Channels Promote Bacterial Adaptation to Drought in the Maize Rhizosphere In this study, we examine the structural and functional changes in the bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of a summer cash crop (maize) that reuses root channels from winter cover crops to impr...

Congrats Debjyoti @nullsimpleton.bsky.social from @ufz.de: great outcome of #RootWayS project.
Interrelating amplicon sequencing, qPCR & proteomics from field samples of #root channels: what a challenge leading to this wonderful outcome @globalchangebio.bsky.social.
Link: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

...and even more about #RootWayS project at the #DBG2025: Yijie Shi (Ada) & Henrik Füllgrabe presented on #microzymography and the subsoil labeling methods (or #Soils dating #CoverCrops ). Congrats to the two for wrapping up the outcomes of the first phase so nicely in their excellent presentations

Monday was our #GBI Poster-Party-Day at #DBG2025: 2 times #RootWayS (BMBF) project with Jiangyuzhuo Wang's #subsoil labeling and Yihan Pu's mesh tubes show #intercropping benefit. Yuxuan Zhang of #BNI-2030 (@bmleh.de) added #nitrification inhibition & Ningkang Sun #AMF driven P mobilization on top 👏

Proud of my "root-&-rhizosphere" team at #DBG2025 on Tuesday: Nipuna Withanage reported from #RootWayS (#BMFTR), Moses Ngugi from the #TERRA pre-project on functions of biodiverse Kenyan grasslands & Rozy Munene + Manisha Koirala from the #MoreCropPerDrop project in sub-Saharan Africa. Great Job 👍