Calling all #rootexudate enthusiasts! Join our @egubg.bsky.social session (with Taryn Bauerle, @melaniebrunn.bsky.social, Maire Holz & Sami Ullah) at the @egu.eu 2026 General Assembly on exudate composition, function & persistence. Submit by 15 Jan meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

🐝 PhD Opportunity @tum.de Explore how soil health & structure shape habitats for ground-nesting pollinators in the Horizon Europe project ProPollSoil. Join our interdisciplinary team in Soil Biophysics & Environmental Systems 🌿 🔗 Details: www.lss.ls.tum.de/sbe/offered-...

On the train back after a very inspiring workshop on root exudation in Berlin, funded by @newphyt.bsky.social What is it, is it important, where should we be in 10 years time, and how do we get there? Stay tuned for the answers!

New paper on #drought_legacy lead by @kyo-hikino.bsky.social showing that slow recovery of leaf area in mature #spruce following a long-term #drought alleviated physiological #stress during recurrent drought: doi.org/10.1111/plb....

🌳Published🌳 #Tree #mycorrhizal associations regulate relationships between #plant & microbial communities & #soil organic C stocks at local scales in a temperate #forest 🌎🧪

📢New Paper - Smart roots! Plants modify roots to maintain strategically use water. When soils are drying, plants can decrease water use from topsoil whilst boosting uptake at greater depths. 🌱💧 @newphyt.bsky.social @uonresearch.bsky.social Full story 👇 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/smart-r...

Mature beech trees redistribute soil water, equal to ca. 10% of stand #transpiration, from deeper moist #soils to dry surface soils, where seedlings of different #tree species take it up. New #hydraulicredistribution paper with TUM & BoKu Ecophys groups: doi.org/10.1111/plb....

#Exudates decrease strongly during #plantdevelopment and #metabolome shifts from diverse, sugar-dominated to secondary exudates. Fast-growth genotypes exude root establishing, slow-growth more defensive compounds. See our paper with @drmicrowill.bsky.social and the Bauerle lab.