Dual AMF meta-analyses offer complementary but methodologically distinct drought-resilience evidence — gaps remain at field scale
Two T1 meta-analyses on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi published in different years and journals [WP0085, WP0086] address overlapping but distinct questions: plant-level responses (biomass, root morphology, nutrient uptake) versus soil-function maintenance under drought. Combined, they offer a multi-scale treatment, but both likely draw on controlled or semi-controlled experimental datasets with limited representation of complex agricultural soils. The cover-crop leaching literature [WP0107, WP0108] similarly pools heterogeneous studies. PhD opportunity: on-farm longitudinal designs isolating AMF community composition from inoculation effects in UK arable rotations.