FREW LAB
Publications
Frew, A., Weinberger, N., Powell J.R., Watts-Williams, S.J., Aguilar-Trigueros, C.A. (2024), Community assembly of root-colonising arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: beyond carbon and into defence?, The ISME Journal, Vol. 18, 1, wrae007
Yu, H., Xiao, H., Deng, H., Frew, A., Hossain, Md.A., Tan, W., Xi, B. (2024), Upgrade from aerated static pile to agitated bed systems promotes lignocellulose degradation in large-scale composting through enhanced microbial functional diversity Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 144, 55-66
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Brinbaum, C., Dearnaley, J., Egidi, E., Frew, A., Hopkins, A., Powell, J.R., Aguilar-Trigueros, C.A., Liddicoat, C., Albornoz, F., Heuck, M.K. et al. (2024), Integrating soil microbial communities into fundamental ecology, conservation, and restoration: examples from Australia New Phytologist, Vol. 241, 974-981
Zheng, Y., Hu, Z., Jian, J., Chen, J., Osborne, B. B., Zhou, G., Xu, Q., Zheng, Z., Ma, L., He, X., Bell, S. M., Frew, A. (2024), Tree functional group mediates the effects of nutrient addition on soil nutrients and fungal communities beneath decomposing wood, Plant and Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06959-2
Wang, Z., Feng, L., Frew, A., Lu, A., Yu, Z., Huang, Z. (2024), Neighbourhood diversity effects on insect herbivory: Plant leaf traits mediate associational resistance, Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14405
Heuck, M. K., Powell, J. R., Kath, J., Birnbaum, C., Frew, A. (2024). Evaluating the usefulness of the C-S-R framework for understanding AM fungal responses to climate change in agroecosystems. Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.17566
Field, K. J., Carrillo, Y., Campbell, S. A., Ton, J., Frew, A. (2024). Innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges. Plants, People, Planet, vol. 6, 1153-1158
Luo, X., Zhang, R., Zhang, L., Frew, A., Yu, H., Hou, E., Wen. D. (2024), Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stabilization and its response to conversion of primary natural broadleaf forests to secondary forests and plantation forests Catena, Vol. 240, 108021
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Frew, A., Öpik, M., Oja, J., Vahter, T., Hiiesalu, I., Aguilar-Trigueros, C.A. (2023), Herbivory-driven shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly: increased fungal competition and plant phosphorus benefits, New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19474 (in press)
Frew, A., Aguilar-Trigueros, C.A. (2023), Australia offers unique insight into the ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: an opportunity not to be lost Austral Ecology, Vol. 48, 1713-1720
Greenwood, L., Nimmo, D.G., Egidi, E., Price, J.N., McIntosh, R., Frew. A. (2023), Fire shapes fungal guild diversity and composition through direct and indirect pathways, Molecular Ecology, Vol. 32, 4921-4939
Frew, A., Heuck, M.K., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. (2023), Host filtering, not competitive exclusion, may be the main driver of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly under high phosphorus, Functional Ecology, Vol. 37, 1859-1869
Frew, A. (2023), Water availability alters the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and determines plant mycorrhizal benefit Plants People Planet, Vol. 5, 683-689
Heuck, M.K., Birnbaum, C., Frew, A. (2023), Friends to the rescue: using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to future-proof Australian agriculture, Microbiology Australia, Vol. 44, 5-8
Ng, A., Wilson, B.A.L., Frew, A. (2023), Belowground crop responses to root herbivory are associated with the community structure of native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 185, 104797
Frew, A. (2022), Root herbivory reduces species richness and alters community structure of root-colonising arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Vol. 171, 108273
Johnson, S.N., Powell, J.R., Frew, A., Cibils-Stewart, X. (2022), Silicon accumulation suppresses arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonisation in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon Plant and Soil, Vol. 477, 219-232
Frew, A., Antunes, P.M., Cameron, D.D., Hartley, S.E., Johnson, S.N., Rillig, M.C., Bennett, A.E. (2022), Plant herbivore protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: A role for fungal diversity? New Phytologist, Vol. 233, 1022-1031
Frew, A., Price, J.N., Oja, J., Vasar, M., Öpik, M. (2021), Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and their role in moderating plant allometric partitioning, Mycorrhiza, Vol. 31, 423-430
Frew, A., Wilson, B.A.L. (2021), Different mycorrhizal fungal communities differentially affect plant phenolic-based resistance to insect herbivory, Rhizosphere, vol. 19, 100365
Frew, A. (2021), Aboveground herbivory suppresses the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, reducing plant phosphorus uptake, Applied Soil Ecology, vol. 168, 104133
Johnson, S.N., Hartley, S.E., Ryalls, J.M.W., Frew, A., Hall, C.R. (2021), Targeted plant defense: silicon conserves hormonal defense signaling impacting chewing but not fluid-feeding herbivores, Ecology, Vol. 102, e03250
Frew, A. (2020), Contrasting effects of commercial and native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculants on plant biomass allocation, nutrients and phenolics, Plants, People, Planet, vol. 3, 536-540
Frew, A., Powell J.R., Johnson, S.N. (2020), Aboveground resource allocation in response to root herbivory as affected by the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, Plant and Soil, Vol. 447, 463-473
Frew, A. (2019) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity increases growth and phosphorus in C₃ and C₄ crop plants, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 135, 248-250
Frew, A., Price, J.N. (2019) Mycorrhizal-mediated plant-herbivore interactions in a high CO₂ world, Functional Ecology, Vol. 33, 1376-1385
Frew, A., Weston, L.A., Gurr, G.M. (2019) Silicon reduces herbivore performance via different mechanisms, depending on host-plant species, Austral Ecology, Vol. 44, 1092-1097
Johnson, S.N., Lopaticki, G., Aslam, T.J., Barnett, K., Frew, A., Hartley, S.E., Hiltopld, I., Nielsen, U.N., Ryalls, J.M.W. (2018) Dryland management regimes alter forest habitats and understory arthropod communities, Annals of Applied Biology, Vol. 172, 282-294
Frew, A., Powell, J.R., Glauser, G., Bennett, A.E., Johnson, S.N. (2018) Mycorrhizal fungi enhance nutrient uptake but disarm defences in plant roots, promoting plant-parasitic nematode populations, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 126, 123-132
Frew, A., Weston, L.A., Reynolds, O.L., Gurr, G.M. (2018) The role of silicon in plant biology: A paradigm shift in research approach, Annals of Botany, Vol. 121, 1265-1273
Johnson, S.N., Ryalls, J.M.W., Gherlenda, A.G., Frew, A., Hartley, S.E. (2018) Benefits from below: Silicon supplementation maintains legume productivity under predicted climate change scenarios, Frontiers in Plant Science, doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00202
Frew, A., Powell, J.R., Allsopp, P.G., Sallam, N., Johnson, S.N. (2017) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote silicon accumulation in plant roots, reducing the impacts of root herbivory, Plant and Soil, Vol. 419, 423-433
Frew, A., Powell, J.R., Hiltpold, I., Allsopp, P.G., Sallam, N., Johnson, S.N. (2017) Host plant colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi stimulates immune function whereas high root silicon concentrations diminish growth in a soil-dwelling herbivore, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 112, 117-126
Johnson, S.N., Hartley, S.E., Ryalls, J.M.W., Frew, A., DeGabriel J.L., Duncan, M., Gherlenda, A.N. (2017) Silicon-induced root nodulation and synthesis of essential amino acids in a legume is associated with higher herbivore abundance, Functional Ecology, Vol.31, 1903-1909
Frew, A., Allsopp, P.G., Gherlenda, A.G., Johnson, S.N. (2017) Increased root herbivory under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is reversed by silicon-based plant defences, Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol.54, 1310-1319
Johnson, S.N., Benefer, C.M., Frew, A., Griffiths, B.S., Hartley, S.E., Karley, A.J., Rasmann, S., Schumann, M., Sonnemann. I, Robert, C.A.M. (2016) New frontiers in belowground ecology for plant protection from root-feeding insects, Applied Soil Ecology, Vol.108, 96-107
Frew, A., Powell, J.R., Sallam, N., Allsopp, P.G., Johnson, S.N. (2016) Trade-offs between silicon and phenolic defenses may explain enhanced performance of root herbivores on phenolic-rich plants, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 42, 768-771
Frew, A., Barnett, K., Riegler, M., Nielsen, U.N., Johnson, S.N. (2016) Belowground ecology of scarabs feeding on grass roots: current knowledge and future directions for management in Australasia, Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol.7, 321
Johnson, S.N., Gherlenda, A.N., Frew, A., Ryalls, J.M.W. (2016) 'The importance of testing multiple environmental factors in legume-insect research: Replication, reviewers and rebuttal, Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 7, P89
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Frew, A., Nielsen, U.N., Riegler, M., Johnson, S.N. (2013) Do eucalypt plantation management practices create understory reserviors of scarab beetle pests in the soil?, Forest Ecology and Management, Vol.306, 275-280