Increasing the productivity and product quality of vegetable crops using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a review

C Baum, W El-Tohamy, N Gruda - Scientia horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
The majority of vegetable crops are potential host plants of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
(AMF). AMF can improve the nutrient and water supply, induce tolerance of environmental …

Water relations, drought and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

RM Augé - Mycorrhiza, 2001 - Springer
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can affect the water balance of both amply watered
and droughted host plants. This review summarizes these effects and possible causal …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing crop diversity mitigates weather variations and improves yield stability

ACM Gaudin, TN Tolhurst, AP Ker, K Janovicek… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Cropping sequence diversification provides a systems approach to reduce yield variations
and improve resilience to multiple environmental stresses. Yield advantages of more diverse …

An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus accelerates decomposition and acquires nitrogen directly from organic material

A Hodge, CD Campbell, AH Fitter - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (order Glomales), which form mycorrhizal symbioses with two
out of three of all plant species, are believed to be obligate biotrophs that are wholly …

Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient‐acquisition strategies along a 2‐million‐year dune chronosequence

P Hayes, BL Turner, H Lambers… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term pedogenesis leads to important changes in the availability of soil nutrients,
especially nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Changes in the availability of micronutrients can …

Tolerance of mycorrhiza infected pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) seedling to drought stress under glasshouse conditions

H Abbaspour, S Saeidi-Sar, H Afshari… - Journal of plant …, 2012 - Elsevier
The influence of Glomus etunicatum colonization on plant growth and drought tolerance of 3-
month-old Pistacia vera seedlings in potted culture was studied in two different water …

Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in uptake of phosphorus and nitrogen from soil

E George, H Marschner, I Jakobsen - Critical reviews in …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Colonization of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can greatly increase the plant
uptake of phosphorus and nitrogen. The most prominent contribution of arbuscular …

Uptake and transport of organic and inorganic nitrogen by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

HJ Hawkins, A Johansen, E George - Plant and Soil, 2000 - Springer
New information on N uptake and transport of inorganic and organic N in arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi is reviewed here. Hyphae of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus …

Aboveground vegetation and soil physicochemical properties jointly drive the shift of soil microbial community during subalpine secondary succession in southwest …

W Qiang, L He, Y Zhang, B Liu, Y Liu, Q Liu, X Pang - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on long-term ecological research, microorganisms are sensitive to environmental
changes in the process of ecosystem succession. However, few works have focused on the …

Hyphal contribution to water uptake in mycorrhizal plants as affected by the fungal species and water status

JM Ruiz‐Lozano, R Azcón - Physiologia plantarum, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhizae may increase resistance of plants to drought by a number
of mechanisms, such as increased root hydraulic conductivity, stomatal regulation, hyphal …