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Overview

Gary D. Bending is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Plant Science, Pollution, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research interests focus on various aspects of plant-microbe interactions, microbial ecology, and environmental impacts on soil and plant systems. Key topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Their recent published works demonstrate a focus on soil and microbial processes as well as environmental contamination. Notable papers include:

  • "Niche-adaptation in plant-associated Bacteroidetes favours specialisation in organic phosphorus mineralisation," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Nutrient (C, N and P) enrichment induces significant changes in the soil metabolite profile and microbial carbon partitioning," 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Building soil sustainability from root-soil interface traits," 2022, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Quantifying microplastic dispersion due to density effects," 2024, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Identification of microbial signatures linked to oilseed rape yield decline at the landscape scale," 2021, Microbiome

Gary D. Bending frequently publishes in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Environmental Microbiome, Environmental Microbiology, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

They collaborate regularly with other researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Sally Hilton
  • Jonathan Pearson
  • Ryan M. Mushinski
  • Soroush Abolfathi
  • Ian D. E. A. Lidbury

Best Publications

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic farming

    Paul Gosling;Angela Hodge;G Goodlass;Gary D. Bending

  • Biological costs and benefits to plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere

    J. A. W. Morgan;G. D. Bending;P. J. White

  • Phyllosphere microbiology with special reference to diversity and plant genotype

    J. M. Whipps;Paul Hand;David Pink;G. D. Bending

  • The structure and function of the vegetative mycelium of ectomycorrhizal plants

    Gary D. Bending;David J. Read

  • Microbial and biochemical soil quality indicators and their potential for differentiating areas under contrasting agricultural management regimes

    Gary D. Bending;Mary K. Turner;Francis Rayns;Marie Claude Marx

  • Meeting the demand for crop production: the challenge of yield decline in crops grown in short rotations

    Amanda J. Bennett;Gary D. Bending;David Chandler;Sally Hilton

  • Interactions between crop residue and soil organic matter quality and the functional diversity of soil microbial communities

    Gary D Bending;Mary K Turner;Julie E Jones

  • Development of novel assays for lignin degradation: comparative analysis of bacterial and fungal lignin degraders

    Mark Ahmad;Charles R. Taylor;David Pink;Kerry Burton

  • The role of local environment and geographical distance in determining community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at the landscape scale

    Christina Hazard;Paul Gosling;Christopher J van der Gast;Derek T Mitchell

  • Impact of biochar on mineralisation of C and N from soil and willow litter and its relationship with microbial community biomass and structure

    Cahyo Prayogo;Cahyo Prayogo;Julie E. Jones;Jan Baeyens;Gary D. Bending

  • Degradation of contrasting pesticides by white rot fungi and its relationship with ligninolytic potential.

    Gary D Bending;Maxime Friloux;Allan Walker

  • Microbial degradation of isoproturon and related phenylurea herbicides in and below agricultural fields

    Sebastian R Sørensen;Gary D Bending;Carsten S Jacobsen;Allan Walker

  • Both Leaf Properties and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Influence Within-Species Variation in Bacterial Population Diversity and Structure in the Lettuce (Lactuca Species) Phyllosphere

    Paul J. Hunter;Paul Hand;David Pink;John M. Whipps

  • Fungicide impacts on microbial communities in soils with contrasting management histories.

    Gary D. Bending;M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz;Suzanne D. Lincoln

  • Nitrogen mobilization from protein-polyphenol complex by ericoid and ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Gary D. Bending;David J. Read

  • Contrasting arbuscular mycorrhizal communities colonizing different host plants show a similar response to a soil phosphorus concentration gradient

    Paul Gosling;Andrew Mead;Maude Proctor;John P. Hammond

  • Spatial variation in the degradation rate of the pesticides isoproturon, azoxystrobin and diflufenican in soil and its relationship with chemical and microbial properties.

    Gary D. Bending;Suzanne D. Lincoln;Rodney N. Edmondson

  • Lignin and soluble phenolic degradation by ectomycorrhizal and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi

    Gary D. Bending;David J. Read

  • Inhibition of soil nitrifying bacteria communities and their activities by glucosinolate hydrolysis products

    Gary D. Bending;Suzanne D. Lincoln

  • Bacteria associated with Pinus sylvestris–Lactarius rufus ectomycorrhizas and their effects on mycorrhiza formation in vitro

    Elizabeth J. Poole;Gary D. Bending;John M. Whipps;David J. Read

  • Spatial variability in the degradation rate of isoproturon in soil

    A. Walker;Montserrat Jurado-Expósito;Gary D. Bending;V. J. R. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Hammond
John P. Hammond University of Reading
John M. Whipps
John M. Whipps University of Warwick
David Pink
David Pink Harper Adams University
David Bass
David Bass Natural History Museum
David Read
David Read University of Sheffield
David J. Scanlan
David J. Scanlan University of Warwick
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington University of Warwick
Georg Cadisch
Georg Cadisch University of Hohenheim
Angela Hodge
Angela Hodge University of York
Fiona M. Doohan
Fiona M. Doohan University College Dublin

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