Rhizosphere and Riesling: Where do they connect?
Belowground Chemical Communication of Plants with other Organisms
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Recently Nicole van Dam was interviewed by Anne Krebiehl, a journalist who writes for the online journal “Whine Enthusiast”. In the resulting article (
http://www.winemag.com/2017/11/13/dark-teeming-vineyard-underworld/) you can read how research on rhizosphere processes, microbial communities and root exudates connect with sustainable wine production. Cheers!
van Dam NM, Bouwmeester H (2016) Metabolomics in the rhizosphere: Tapping into belowground chemical communication
Trends in Plant Science21 (3):256 - 265. (
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138516000091)
