Mycorrhizal fungi, obligate biotrophs, form mutualistic associations with plants and provide
mainly phosphorus to plants. Mycorrhizal fungi colonize the roots of many plants growing on …

Heavy metal pollution is a worldwide environmental and human health problem. Prosopis
laevigata is a hyperaccumulator legume that bioaccumulates Pb, Cu and Zn. With interest in …

Aims Phytoremediation of soil contaminated by trace elements is a technology using plants
and microorganisms to sequester, inactivate, or extract contaminants from the soil. The …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi occur in almost every soil ecosystem, as well as in
contaminated soils. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve plant growth and development by …

A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of the colonization of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Glomus mosseae on the growth and metal uptake of …

A field survey of metal concentrations and mycorrhizal status of plants growing on copper
mine tailings was conducted in Anhui Province, China. Available phosphorus and organic …

Background: Heavy metals are continuously being mobilized into the biosphere either
through natural mechanisms or through anthropogenic activities. Ectomycorrhizal fungi …

Aims Our study aimed at characterizing the Zn phytoextraction potential of a metal tolerant
Populus tremula accession in symbiosis with a community of ectomycorrhizal fungi from …

Plants of the Zn, Cd and Pb hyperaccumulator Thlaspi praecox Wulfen (Brassicaceae)
inoculated or not with indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal mixture were grown in …

Soils polluted with heavy metals result into various environmental and ecological tribulations
like alterations in microbial community, deterioration of soil, and induction of metals into the …