Aims The most common metric of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) abundance is percent
root length colonized (PRLC) by mycorrhizal structures. Frequently, plants with greater …

The appearance of genetically modified organisms on the food market a few years ago, and
the demand for more precise and reliable techniques to detect foreign (transgenic or …

For the first time in over 20 years, a comprehensive collection of photographs and
descriptions of species in the fungal genus Fusarium is available. This laboratory manual …

The rhizodeposition of plants dramatically influence the surrounding soil and its microflora.
Root exudates have pronounced selective and promoting effects on specific microbial …

Fungi fulfil a range of important ecological functions, yet current understanding of fungal
biodiversity in soil is limited. Direct DNA extraction from soil, coupled with polymerase chain …

Real-time PCR technologies open increasing opportunities to detect and study
phytopathogenic and antagonistic fungi. They combine the sensitivity of conventional PCR …

Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the
beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to …

Quantitative real‐time PCR (qPCR) is slowly becoming established as a tool to quantify
abundance of different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) taxa in roots and in soil. Here …

We developed two species-specific PCR assays for rapid and accurate detection of the
pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Mycosphaerella melonis in …

Orchids, one of the largest families of flowering plants, face an uncertain future through
overexploitation, habitat loss and impacts of climate change. With their intricate abiotic and …