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Afforestation neutralizes soil pH

Afforestation is a type of land use change project primarily designated for wood production, soil and water conservation, increasing carbon storage and mitigating climate change. This study shows that afforestation changes, moreover, soil pH, that is a key soil variable.

Afforestation @ca China @en @ca Climate change @ca Forests @ca Geu @en @ca Josep peñuelas @en @ca Nature communications @en @ca Ph @en @ca Soil @ca Trees @ca

Volatile Organic Compounds, the language of plants

Not only humans have the capacity for communication. Queen bees emit pheromones in order to control workers, and abortions can be provoked in pregnant female mice just by their smelling of odors produced by a male distinct to that which fertilized them. Plants also communicate with chemical signals which they release into their surroundings, helping them to interact with other plants and living beings, including microorganisms. 

Agriculture @ca Gerard farré-armengol @en @ca Geu @en @ca Imbalance-p @en @ca Microbiology @ca Phyllosphere @ca Pollination @ca