The roots of most plants are colonized by symbiotic fungi to form mycorrhiza, which play a
critical role in the capture of nutrients from the soil and therefore in plant nutrition …

Mycorrhizas are among the most important biological interkingdom interactions, as they
involve~ 340,000 land plants and~ 50,000 taxa of soil fungi. In these mutually beneficial …

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 …

Contents Summary 982 I. Introduction 982 II. The portraits of our ancestors: a gallery of ideas
from more than 100 years of mycorrhizal research 983 III. Mycorrhizal fungi in the 'omics' era …

In the years since the first edition of “Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Physiology and Function” was
published, an exceptional proliferation of interest in mycorrhizal biology has developed. This …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with the vast majority of land plants, providing
mutual nutritional benefits and protecting hosts against biotic and abiotic stresses …

The second edition of Mycorrhiza falls into a time period of excep tionally rapid growth in
mycorrhizal research. Therefore the edi tors have been most pleased with the decision of the …

Almost all land plants form symbiotic associations with mycorrhizal fungi. These below‐
ground fungi play a key role in terrestrial ecosystems as they regulate nutrient and carbon …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses occur between fungi and the majority of plant species.
They are important for plant nutrition, plant growth, protection from pathogens, plant …

The effects of mycorrhizal fungi have traditionally been considered within the rather narrow
perspective of their effects on the mineral nutrition of individual plants. Most biologists are …