The costs and benefits of plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal interactions

AE Bennett, K Groten - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The symbiotic interaction between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is often
perceived as beneficial for both partners, though a large ecological literature highlights the …

Deciphering the role of specialist and generalist plant–microbial interactions as drivers of plant–soil feedback

M Semchenko, KE Barry, FT de Vries… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Feedback between plants and soil microbial communities can be a powerful driver of
vegetation dynamics. Plants elicit changes in the soil microbiome that either promote or …

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

R Lücking, MC Aime, B Robbertse, AN Miller… - IMA fungus, 2020 - Springer
True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

J Davison, M Moora, M Semchenko… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that
play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM …

GlobalAMFungi: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high‐throughput sequencing metabarcoding studies

T Větrovský, Z Kolaříková, C Lepinay… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are crucial mutualistic symbionts of the majority of plant
species, with essential roles in plant nutrient uptake and stress mitigation. The importance of …

Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape

A Guzman, M Montes, L Hutchins… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are keystone symbionts of agricultural soils but
agricultural intensification has negatively impacted AMF communities. Increasing crop …

Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands

M Berdugo, B Vidiella, RV Solé… - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With ongoing climate change, the probability of crossing environmental thresholds
promoting abrupt changes in ecosystem structure and functioning is higher than ever. In …

Global arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and abundance decreases with soil available phosphorus

X Ma, X Xu, Q Geng, Y Luo, C Ju, Q Li… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widely distributed soil organisms that play
critical roles in ecosystem functions. However, little is known about their global distribution …

Mycorrhizas drive the evolution of plant adaptation to drought

M Cosme - Communications Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Plant adaptation to drought facilitates major ecological transitions, and will likely play a vital
role under looming climate change. Mycorrhizas, ie strategic associations between plant …

Global diversity and distribution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil

SK Sepp, M Vasar, J Davison, J Oja, S Anslan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Our knowledge of microbial biogeography has advanced in recent years, yet we lack
knowledge of the global diversity of some important functional groups. Here, we used …