American University of Sharjah

In dry, degraded soil, it’s easy to assume life has gone quiet. But underground, a different story unfolds—one of continuous exchange between plant roots and microbial communities that shape each other in subtle but powerful ways. A new paper, co-authored by researchers from American University of Sharjah (AUS) and published in Science, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, explores this relationship and proposes a new model for sustainable agriculture—one rooted in ecology and informed by decades of research. The review was developed through a year-long collaboration between five ...