Are mycorrhizal fungi our sustainable saviours? Considerations for achieving food security

TJ Thirkell, MD Charters, AJ Elliott, SM Sait… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… In this mini-review, we draw on ecological knowledge of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal
(AMF) symbiosis to examine potential benefits and pitfalls of using AMF as a component of …

The role of community and population ecology in applying mycorrhizal fungi for improved food security

A Rodriguez, IR Sanders - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… of AMF could improve food security, by increasing the overall … By food security crops, we
mean those crops that are grown … a crop species more food security-enhancing properties such …

Edible mycorrhizal fungi of the world: What is their role in forest sustainability, food security, biocultural conservation and climate change?

J Pérez‐Moreno, A Guerin‐Laguette… - Plants, People …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… review, globally 970 mycorrhizal fungal species (including … Since edible mycorrhizal fungi
(EMF) are a non-timber forest … an important role in food supply and food security in the future…

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis and food security

F Raymond, E Pierre, A Souleymanou… - … Plant-Microbe Synergy, 2023 - Elsevier
… the nutrient content of processed food coupled with sustained … in the context of the global
food crisis and erratic climatic … light on the current world food security status and the major …

Impact of mycorrhiza on plant nutrition and food security

S Yang, Imran, I Ortas - Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… In particular, immobile elements like phosphorus, zinc, and copper are supported by the
symbiotic relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi, but under certain conditions, …

The In Vitro Mass-Produced Model Mycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, Significantly Increases Yields of the Globally Important Food Security Crop …

I Ceballos, M Ruiz, C Fernández, R Peña… - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is formed between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
and plant roots. The fungi provide the plant with inorganic phosphate (P). The symbiosis …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating Climate Change: The Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Maize Production and Food Security

SNDM Sitoe, JF Dames - … Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agriculture-New …, 2022 - intechopen.com
… to food insecurity [8, 9]. The impact on global food security will relate to food supply and food
quality, food access and utilization, and the stability of food security resulting in reduced per …

Using variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to drive the productivity of the food security crop cassava

I Ceballos, ID Mateus, R Peña, DC Peña-Quemba… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
… Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), form symbioses with globally important crops and show
… globally important food crop cassava. Cassava, one of the most important food security crops…

Genetic variation and evolutionary history of a mycorrhizal fungus regulate the currency of exchange in symbiosis with the food security crop cassava

R Savary, C Dupuis, FG Masclaux, ID Mateus… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Most land plants form symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Diversity of AMF
increases plant community productivity and plant diversity. For decades, it was known that …

… the Power of Fungi: Utilizing the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Rhizophagus clarus to Mitigate Salinity Stress and Boost Cowpea Bean Productivity for Food Security

DS Tavares, BF Sant'Anna-Santos, MP Gomes - Stresses, 2024 - mdpi.com
food security, particularly in regions heavily impacted by salinity. In this study, we investigated
the effects of inoculating the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (… to promoting food security. …