A plant perspective on nitrogen cycling in the rhizosphere

Abstract Nitrogen is the major nutrient limiting plant growth in terrestrial ecosystems, and the transformation of inert nitrogen to forms that can be assimilated by plants is mediated by soil micro‐organisms. The last decade has witnessed many significant advances in our understanding of plant–microbe interactions with evidence that plants have evolved multiple strategies to cope with nitrogen limitation by shaping and recruiting nitrogen‐cycling microbial communities. However, most studies have typically focused on the impact of plants on only one, or relatively few, processes within the nitrogen cycle. This review synthesizes recent advances in our understanding of the various routes by which plants…

• BA
  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  Award: BB/P004539/1