Regenerative agriculture—a literature review on the practices and mechanisms used to improve soil health

R Khangura, D Ferris, C Wagg, J Bowyer - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming practices can lead to soil degradation and a decline in productivity.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is purported by advocates as a solution to these issues that …

Arbuscular mycorrhizas as key players in sustainable plant phosphorus acquisition: An overview on the mechanisms involved

N Ferrol, C Azcón-Aguilar, J Pérez-Tienda - Plant Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) is a poorly available macronutrient essential for plant growth and
development and consequently for successful crop yield and ecosystem productivity. To …

Signature fatty acids provide tools for determination of the distribution and interactions of mycorrhizal fungi in soil

PA Olsson - FEMS microbiology ecology, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Mycorrhizal fungi form extensive mycelia in soil and play significant roles in most soil
ecosystems. The estimation of their biomasses is thus of importance in order to understand …

Functions of lipids in development and reproduction of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

H Kameoka, C Gutjahr - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form mutualistic associations with most land plants. The
symbiosis is based on the exchange of nutrients: AMF receive photosynthetically fixed …

Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest

T Camenzind, S Hempel, J Homeier… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Increased nitrogen (N) depositions expected in the future endanger the diversity and stability
of ecosystems primarily limited by N, but also often co‐limited by other nutrients like …

Combining biomarker with stable isotope analyses for assessing the transformation and turnover of soil organic matter

W Amelung, S Brodowski, A Sandhage-Hofmann… - Advances in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) consists of a vast range of biomolecules, but their individual
contribution to the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and CO 2 release has eluded …

Comparison of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) methods for characterizing microbial communities

ME Schutter, RP Dick - Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Fatty acid profiling is a popular method for characterizing microbial communities of natural
systems. Direct extraction of microbial fatty acids in situ would be useful compared with …

Interactions between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a soil microbial community mediating litter decomposition

DJ Herman, MK Firestone, E Nuccio… - FEMS microbiology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We investigated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) alteration of microbial mediation of litter
decomposition. AMF (Glomus hoi) were either allowed access to or excluded from Plantago …

Molecular and cellular aspects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

MJ Harrison - Annual review of plant biology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations formed between a wide range
of plant species including angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes, and some …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil and roots respond differently to phosphorus inputs in an intensively managed calcareous agricultural soil

W Liu, Y Zhang, S Jiang, Y Deng, P Christie… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the diversity and community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
is important for potentially optimizing their role in mining phosphorus (P) in agricultural …