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Invisible contaminants, irreversible consequences? LDPE residues twist the Arabidopsis holobiome.
Summary
This commentary examines research showing that low-density polyethylene (LDPE) residues in soil alter the Arabidopsis rhizosphere bacterial community and plant transcriptome, discussing the implications of agri-plastics for plant-microbiome interactions.
This article comments on: 2025. Agri-plastics in soils drive changes in the rhizosphere bacterial community and plant transcriptome in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany , 7003–7025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf336
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