Malus sieversii, a Tertiary relict and primary progenitor of the cultivated apple, is experiencing severe habitat degradation in China’s Tianshan Mountains. To understand how soil ecosystem functions ...

Manicured orchard rows fan out before me, branches heavy with picture-book apples in glistening lipstick red. Between the succession of trunks, tufts of grass are tickled by breeze; in the sky above, ...