Abstract Background The paper by Tan and co-authors in this issue of Plant Soil explores feedback mechanisms between functional traits soil nutrient responses tiger nut ( Cyperus esculentus L.), with emphasis on their growth marginal agricultural lands. Scope Many the world’s top food species belong to order Poales, specifically family Poaceae. Cyperaceae, also are recognised for ecological imp...

Okra [Abelmoschus esculentus L., Moench] a native of South-Africa and commonly known as ‘Bhindi’ is an annual malvaceous vegetable crop, especially grown in tropical subtropical climates. It also called “perfect villager’s vegetable”. Root-knot nematodes are considered among the top five major plant pathogens first ten most important genera parasitic world. Amongst nematodes, root-knot nematode...