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

Background The colonization of land and the diversification of terrestrial plants is intimately
linked to the evolutionary history of their symbiotic fungal partners. Extant representatives of …

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

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 (AM) fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of most plants,
thereby mediating nutrient and carbon fluxes, plant performance, and ecosystem dynamics …

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 …

Functional genomics is revolutionizing our understanding of biological mechanisms,
nowhere more than in complex symbiotic systems. Functional genomics entails the analysis …

Contents Summary 1129 I. Introduction 1129 II. Intraspecific phenotypic variation and the
plant host 1130 III. High inter‐isolate genetic diversity in model AMF 1130 IV. Genome …

Contents Summary 1141 I. Introduction 1141 II. The ericoid mycorrhizal lifestyle 1141 III.
Lessons from the mycorrhizal fungal genomes 1142 IV. ERM fungi: a discordant voice in the …

The mycorrhizal symbiosis between soil fungi and plant roots is a ubiquitous mutualism that
plays key roles in plant nutrition, soil health, and carbon cycling. The symbiosis evolved …