Functional diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses: the contribution of the mycorrhizal P uptake pathway is not correlated with mycorrhizal responses in …

SE Smith, FA Smith, I Jakobsen - New phytologist, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated structural and functional diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses
involving three plant species and three AM fungi and measured contributions of the fungi to …

Underground friends or enemies: model plants help to unravel direct and indirect effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant competition

E Facelli, SE Smith, JM Facelli… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the effects of two arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, singly or together, on the
outcome of competition between a host (tomato cultivar, wild‐type (WT)) and a surrogate …

Functional diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizas: exploitation of soil patches with different phosphate enrichment differs among fungal species

TR Cavagnaro, FA Smith, SE Smith… - Plant, Cell & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Most terrestrial plant species form associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that
transfer soil P to the plant via their external hyphae. The distribution of nutrients in soils is …

Mycorrhizal associations and phosphorus acquisition: from cells to ecosystems

SE Smith, IC Anderson, FA Smith - Annual plant reviews …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The vast majority of terrestrial plants form some type of mycorrhizal association. In this
chapter, attention is focused on the most common and widespread types: arbuscular …

Mycorrhizal fungi can dominate phosphate supply to plants irrespective of growth responses

SE Smith, FA Smith, I Jakobsen - Plant physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are vital components of nearly all terrestrial ecosystems,
forming mutually beneficial (mutualistic) symbioses with the roots of around 80% of vascular …

Functional compatibility in arbuscular mycorrhizas measured as hyphal P transport to the plant

S Ravnskov, I Jakobsen - New Phytologist, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
summary The functional compatibility of symbioses between host plants and arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi was measured as hyphal P transport to plants. Cucumber (Cucumis …

Plant growth depressions in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses: not just caused by carbon drain?

H Li, FA Smith, S Dickson, RE Holloway… - New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated effects of plant density and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonization
on growth and phosphorus (P) nutrition of a cultivar of wheat (Triticum aestivum) that often …

Functional complementarity in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

RT Koide - The New Phytologist, 2000 - cambridge.org
The causes and consequences of biodiversity are central themes in ecology. Perhaps one
reason for much of the current interest in biodiversity is the belief that the loss of species (by …

Nutrient transfer in arbuscular mycorrhizas: how are fungal and plant processes integrated?

SE Smith, S Dickson, FA Smith - Functional Plant Biology, 2001 - CSIRO Publishing
This review brings together recent work on the coordination of transport processes between
fungus and plant symbionts in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses, and focuses on new …

Fresh perspectives on the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant nutrition and growth

SE Smith, FA Smith - Mycologia, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Recent research on arbuscular mycorrhizas has demonstrated that AM fungi play a
significant role in plant phosphorus (P) uptake, regardless of whether the plant responds …