Are microorganisms more effective than plants at competing for nitrogen?

By A. Hodge, David G. Robinson, A. Fitter. Trends in Plant Science, 2000

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The Behavioral Ecology of Nutrient Foraging by Plants (2011, background): “Furthermore, microbial community composition can demonstrate substantial variation at scales smaller than an individual root system (Franklin & Mills 2003), suggesting that the effects of plantmicrobial interactions also vary at small spatial scales (Hodge et al. 2000a).”
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial‐plant interactions: What lies ahead? (2015, background): “…in microbial community composition through the soil profile can affect microbial interactions with plant roots (Hoeksema et al. 2010, Johnson et al. 2015), such as competition for nitrogen (Hodge et al. 2000, v www.esajournals.org 9 August 2015 v Volume 6(8) v Article 130 Bardgett et al. 2003).”
Effect of Irrigation Regimes and Soil Texture on the Potassium Utilization Efficiency of Rice (2019, neutral): “The capability of a plant to absorb nutrients from the soil depends on soil type [69].”
Stimulation of Plant Growth through Interactions of Bacteria and Protozoa: Testing the Auxiliary Microbial Loop Hypothesis (2012, background): “This zone has been suggested to be characterized by fierce microbial competition between bacteria and plant roots for available nutrients (Hodge et al. 2000, Jones et al. 2009).”
Molecular mechanisms of plant and microbe coexistence (2008, result): “2000; Hodge et al. 2001), could be the ideal pre-requisite for an induced tolerance response by mycorrhizal plants towards herbivore insects, especially chewers (McNaughton and Chapin 1985). So far, only two detailed studies, both involving plant chewers, have investigated this possibility with diff”
Enhancement of maize plant growth with inoculation of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and biochar amendment in soil (2017, background): “According to an estimate, about 50–70% of chemical N-fertilizer in soil losses through denitrification, leaching, and volatilization (Hodge et al. 2000).”
Bacterial diversity amplifies nutrient‐based plant–soil feedbacks (2015, background): “Previous studies looking at similarly short time scales have shown that microorganisms are superior competitors than plants for NH4 , with uptake rates five times faster than those of plants (Hodge et al. 2000).”
p-Coumaric can alter the composition of cucumber rhizosphere microbial communities and induce negative plant-microbial interactions (2018, background): “Plant-derived metabolites, released through root exudation and residue composition, can be metabolized by soil microorganisms, the growth of which are usually limited by C resources (Hodge et al. 2000; Ge et al. 2017).”
Engineering nitrogen use efficiency with alanine aminotransferase (2007, background): “In agricultural soils, nitrate and ammonium are the predominant forms of inorganic N present, and the movement of inorganic N into roots from the soil is mediated by at least two transport systems for each ion (Forde 2000; Howitt and Udvardi 2000).”
Glucose uptake by maize roots and its transformation in the rhizosphere (2006, background): “This would imply that an intense competition for sugars exists in the rhizosphere between the soil microbial community and plant roots (Hodge et al., 2000).”
Spatio‐temporal variations determine plant–microbe competition for inorganic nitrogen in an alpine meadow (2011, background): “Soil resources available to plants and microorganisms in ecosystems vary temporally and spatially (Chapin 1980; Gibson 1986; Magid & Nielsen 1992; Hodge et al. 2000; Corre, Schnabel & Stout 2002; Zhu & Carreiro 2004; Miller et al. 2009).”