[HTML][HTML] Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool

HJ Hawkins, RIM Cargill, ME Van Nuland, SC Hagen… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
For more than 400 million years, mycorrhizal fungi and plants have formed partnerships that
are crucial to the emergence and functioning of global ecosystems. The importance of these …

Plant phosphorus-acquisition and-use strategies affect soil carbon cycling

W Ding, WF Cong, H Lambers - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Increased anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition is driving N-limited ecosystems towards
phosphorus (P) limitation. Plants have evolved strategies to respond to P limitation which …

Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts

A Edlinger, G Garland, K Hartman, S Banerjee… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Phosphorus (P) acquisition is key for plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) help
plants acquire P from soil. Understanding which factors drive AMF-supported nutrient uptake …

Unrevealing the potential of microbes in decomposition of organic matter and release of carbon in the ecosystem

T Raza, MF Qadir, KS Khan, NS Eash, M Yousuf… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic matter decomposition is a biochemical process with consequences affecting climate
change and ecosystem productivity. Once decomposition begins, C is lost as CO 2 or …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial seed coating: An attractive tool for sustainable agriculture

A Paravar, R Piri, H Balouchi, Y Ma - Biotechnology Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Seed coating is considered one of the best methods to promote sustainable agriculture
where the physical and physiological properties of seeds can be improved to facilitate …

Carbon allocation to the rhizosphere is affected by drought and nitrogen addition

R Wang, TR Cavagnaro, Y Jiang, C Keitel… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic carbon (C) allocated below‐ground can be shared with mycorrhizal fungi in
exchange for nutrients, but also added into soil as rhizodeposits that potentially increases …

Unearthing the plant–microbe quid pro quo in root associations with beneficial fungi

J Almario, I Fabiańska, G Saridis, M Bucher - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mutualistic symbiotic associations between multicellular eukaryotes and their microbiota are
driven by the exchange of nutrients in a quid pro quo manner. In the widespread arbuscular …

Direct nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon exchanges between Mucoromycotina 'fine root endophyte'fungi and a flowering plant in novel monoxenic cultures

GA Hoysted, KJ Field, B Sinanaj, CA Bell… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most plants form mycorrhizal associations with mutualistic soil fungi. Through these
partnerships, resources are exchanged including photosynthetically fixed carbon for fungal …

A commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum increases root colonization across wheat cultivars but does not increase assimilation of mycorrhiza‐acquired nutrients

AJ Elliott, TJ Daniell, DD Cameron… - Plants, people …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Production and heavy application of chemical‐based fertilizers to
maintain crop yields is unsustainable due to pollution from run‐off, high CO2 emissions, and …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis alleviates drought stress in soybean with overexpressing the GmSPL9d gene by promoting photosynthetic …

N Begum, Y Xiao, L Wang, D Li, A Irshad… - Microbiological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is the most destructive abiotic stress and negatively affects crop growth and
productivity. Modern breeding efforts have produced numerous cultivars with distinct genetic …