Beneficial services of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi–from ecology to application

M Chen, M Arato, L Borghi, E Nouri… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is the most common symbiotic association of plants with
microbes. AM fungi occur in the majority of natural habitats and they provide a range of …

Trading on the arbuscular mycorrhiza market: from arbuscules to common mycorrhizal networks

D Wipf, F Kra**ski, D van Tuinen, G Recorbet… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis occurs between obligate biotrophic fungi of the
phylum Glomeromycota and most land plants. The exchange of nutrients between host …

Plants transfer lipids to sustain colonization by mutualistic mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi

Y Jiang, W Wang, Q **e, NA Liu, L Liu, D Wang… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi facilitate plant uptake of mineral nutrients and draw
organic nutrients from the plant. Organic nutrients are thought to be supplied primarily in the …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as natural biofertilizers: let's benefit from past successes

A Berruti, E Lumini, R Balestrini… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) constitute a group of root obligate biotrophs that
exchange mutual benefits with about 80% of plants. They are considered natural …

Functional analysis of the OsNPF4. 5 nitrate transporter reveals a conserved mycorrhizal pathway of nitrogen acquisition in plants

S Wang, A Chen, K **e, X Yang, Z Luo, J Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Low availability of nitrogen (N) is often a major limiting factor to crop yield in most nutrient-
poor soils. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are beneficial symbionts of most land plants …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza‐specific enzymes FatM and RAM 2 fine‐tune lipid biosynthesis to promote development of arbuscular mycorrhiza

A Bravo, M Brands, V Wewer, P Dörmann… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
During arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS), considerable amounts of lipids are
generated, modified and moved within the cell to accommodate the fungus in the root, and it …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen: implications for individual plants through to ecosystems

A Hodge, K Storer - Plant and soil, 2015 - Springer
Background Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form mutualistic symbioses with c. two-
thirds of all land plants. Traditionally, it was thought that they played no role in nitrogen (N) …

The heavy metal paradox in arbuscular mycorrhizas: from mechanisms to biotechnological applications

N Ferrol, E Tamayo, P Vargas - Journal of experimental botany, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses that involve most plants and Glomeromycota fungi are
integral and functional parts of plant roots. In these associations, the fungi not only colonize …

Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant–fungus interactions in mycorrhizal symbiosis

P Bonfante, A Genre - Nature communications, 2010 - nature.com
Mycorrhizal fungi are a heterogeneous group of diverse fungal taxa, associated with the
roots of over 90% of all plant species. Recently, state-of-the-art molecular and genetic tools …

Cell and developmental biology of arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

C Gutjahr, M Parniske - Annual review of cell and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The default mineral nutrient acquisition strategy of land plants is the symbiosis with
arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi. Research into the cell and developmental biology of AM …