The heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem and has received a serious concern for
the ecosystem and human health. In the last decade, remediation of the agricultural polluted …

Modern agricultural practices are relying excessively upon the use of synthetic fertilizers to
supply essential nutrients to promote crop productivity. Though useful in the short term, their …

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) constitute a group of root obligate biotrophs that
exchange mutual benefits with about 80% of plants. They are considered natural …

The term “Glomalin” was originally used to describe a hypothetical gene product of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that was assumed to be a nearly ubiquitous …

Low availability of nitrogen (N) is often a major limiting factor to crop yield in most nutrient-
poor soils. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are beneficial symbionts of most land plants …

Contents Summary 1031 I. Introduction 1031 II. Interkingdom communication enabling
symbiosis 1032 III. Nutritional and regulatory roles for key metabolites in the AM symbiosis …

In this Update, we review new findings about the roles of the arbuscular mycorrhizas
(mycorrhiza= fungus plus root) in plant growth and phosphorus (P) nutrition. We focus …

Root systems of most land plants form arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses in the field,
and these contribute to nutrient uptake. AM roots have two pathways for nutrient absorption …

Most plant species can form symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs), which may
enhance the host plant's acquisition of soil nutrients. In contrast to phosphorus nutrition, the …

The rhizosphere is a complex environment where roots interact with physical, chemical and
biological properties of soil. Structural and functional characteristics of roots contribute to …