Experimental insights into mucilage-mediated nutrient diffusion in different soil textures
Bahareh Hosseini, Meysam Cheraghi, Daniel Sebastian Moser, Maire Holz, Valerie Pusch, Rainer Remus & Mohsen Zarebanadkouki
Plant and Soil (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-08046-6
Contributions by Saniv and Benjamin
Saniv and Ben had a great time at this year's Rhizosphere6 conference in Edinburgh/Scotland, presenting their work on above- and belowground hydraulic coordinations and exploring hidden pathways in plant-soil interactions.
i. Poster Presentation by Saniv Gupta
Title: The Role of Above- and Belowground Coordination in facilitating Plant Water Access Under Drought
Co-authors: Andreas J. Wild, Alicia Heid, Jessica Thiel, Jonas Humpert, Tillmann Lüders, Martin Wiesmeier, Johanna Pausch, Benjamin D. Hafner, Mohsen Zarebanadkouki
ii. Oral Presentation by Benjamin Hafner
Title: Hidden Pathways - The Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi and Hydraulic Lift in Plant Water Uptake under Drought
Co-authors: David Dluhosch, Alora Kraus, Ruth Adamczewski, Peter Annighöfer, Timo Gebhardt, Benjamin D. Hesse, Thorsten E. E. Grams, Mohsen Zarebanadkouki
Geochemistry of arsenic in soils with a focus on calcareous soils: control strategies and perspectives
Meysam Cheraghi, Karim Shahbazi, Arzhang Fathi-Gerdelidani, Mostafa Marzi, Bahareh Hosseini, Sudhakar Srivastava
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36450-z
Early developmental shifts in root exudation profiles of five Zea mays L. genotypes
Benjamin D. Hafner, Olivia Pietz, William L. King, Jacob Scharfetter, Taryn L. Bauerle
Plant Science, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2025.112439
At the TUM School of Life Sciences New Year's Reception 2025, Freising's Mayor Tobias Eschenbacher honored the winners of the Best Master's Theses for the 2023/2024 academic year. We are proud to announce that Alora Spring Kraus, a member of our research group, was among the awardees for her outstanding thesis:
📝 Thesis Title: "Rooting for Hyphae: Functional Persistence of AMF Water Transport to Plants during Soil Drying"
Congratulations to Alora for this well-deserved achievement! 🎉
Redistribution of soil water by mature trees towards dry surface soils and uptake by seedlings in a temperate forest
Benjamin D. Hafner, Benjamin. D. Hesse, Thorsten. E. E. Grams
Plant Biology, (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13764
