Spatial variability and environmental drivers of cassava—arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) associations across Southern Nigeria

B Thanni, R Merckx, P De Bauw, M Boeraeve… - Mycorrhiza, 2022 - Springer
Cassava, forming starch-rich, tuberous roots, is an important staple crop in smallholder
farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Its relatively good tolerance to drought and nutrient …

Ecological and evolutionary implications of microbial dispersal

GF Custer, L Bresciani, F Dini-Andreote - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dispersal is simply defined as the movement of species across space and time. Despite this
terse definition, dispersal is an essential process with direct ecological and evolutionary …

Freshwater fungal biology

MS Calabon, KD Hyde, EBG Jones, DF Bao… - …, 2023 - estudogeral.uc.pt
Research into freshwater fungi has generated a wealth of information over the past decades
with various published articles, ie, reviews, books, and monographs. With the advancement …

Tracking arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to their source: active inoculation and passive dispersal differentially affect community assembly in urban soils

P Metzler, K Ksiazek‐Mikenas… - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi assemble passively over time via biotic
and abiotic mechanisms. In degraded soils, AM fungal communities can assemble actively …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the soils of desert habitats

M Vasar, J Davison, SK Sepp, M Öpik, M Moora… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Deserts cover a significant proportion of the Earth's surface and continue to expand as a
consequence of climate change. Mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are …

Does commercial inoculation promote arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi invasion?

S Basiru, M Hijri - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interventions with commercial inoculants have the potential to reduce the environmental
footprint of agriculture, but their indiscriminate deployment has raised questions on the …

A 3-year application of different mycorrhiza-based plant biostimulants distinctively modulates photosynthetic performance, leaf metabolism, and fruit quality in grapes …

P Ganugi, T Caffi, M Gabrielli, E Secomandi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The use of microbial biostimulants in agriculture is recognized as a sustainable approach to
promoting crop productivity and quality due to improved nutrient uptake, enhanced stress …

Assessment of fungal spores and spore-like diversity in environmental samples by targeted lysis

A Corona Ramirez, D Bregnard, T Junier, G Cailleau… - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
At particular stages during their life cycles, fungi use multiple strategies to form specialized
structures to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. These strategies encompass …

Dominance, diversity, and niche breadth in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

J Davison, M Vasar, SK Sepp, J Oja, S Al‐Quraishy… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Classical theory identifies resource competition as the major structuring force of biotic
communities and predicts that (i) levels of dominance and richness in communities are …

Stochastic processes dominate soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly along an elevation gradient in central Japan

Z Liu, J Fang, B Song, Y Yang, Z Yu, J Hu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play an important role in facilitating ecosystem function
and stability. Yet, their community response patterns and ecological assembly processes …