The interaction between salt-tolerant plants and soil

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 96 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Soil salinity alters acemannan content and sodium uptake in Aloe barbadensis Miller plants. A role for root-associated microbial communities? (2026) · Soil Ecology Letters · doi

  Controlled experiments manipulating salinity levels with replicated randomized plots are needed to establish causal relationships. Further characterization of the composition and structure of soil microbial communities in response to salinity is needed. Investigation of the relationship between acemannan and sodium accumulation in other plant species is needed.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: controlled experiments manipulating salinity levels replicated randomized plots
• Effects of salt stress on the rhizosphere soil microbial communities of Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall . in the Yellow River Delta (2024) · Ecology and Evolution · cited 20× · doi

  At the family level, with the increase of salinity, the relative abundance of Rhodobacteraceae (bacterial community), Thermoascaceae , and Phaffomycetaceae (fungal community) gradually increased; and to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports on the relationship between Thermoascaceae and Phaffomycetaceae families with salt stress.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: community thermoascaceae phaffomycetaceae family level increase salinity relative abundance rhodobacteraceae bacterial fungal gradually increased best
• Effects of salt stress on the rhizosphere soil microbial communities of Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall . in the Yellow River Delta (2024) · Ecology and Evolution · cited 20× · doi

  At the genus level, Salinimicrobium (bacterial community) was the dominant bacterium in the rhizosphere soil of the YDL, YDM, and YDH groups, while with the increase of salinity, the relative abundance of Byssochlamys and Wickerhamomyces (fungal community) gradually increased, and to the best of our knowledge there are no reports on the relationship between Byssochlamys and salt stress.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: community byssochlamys genus level salinimicrobium bacterial dominant bacterium rhizosphere soil groups increase salinity relative abundance
• Microbial network-driven remediation of saline-alkali soils by salt-tolerant plants (2025) · Frontiers in Microbiology · cited 25× · doi

  The interaction between salt-tolerant plants and soil microorganisms remains incompletely elucidated. The effects of salt-tolerant plants on microbial community structure, function, and soil quality are not well understood.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: interaction between salt-tolerant plants soil microorganisms remains incompletely
• The impact of salt-tolerant plants on soil nutrients and microbial communities in soda saline-alkali lands of the Songnen plain (2025) · Frontiers in Microbiology · cited 31× · doi

  The mechanisms by which salt-tolerant plants mediate saline-alkali soil amelioration are unclear. There is a lack of understanding of how salt-tolerant plants influence soil microbial communities in soda saline-alkali lands.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: mechanisms salt-tolerant plants mediate saline-alkali soil amelioration unclear

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