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 …

Despite the growing appreciation for the functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)
fungi, our understanding of the causes and consequences of this diversity is still poor. In this …

Plants and their arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbionts interact in complex underground
networks involving multiple partners. This increases the potential for exploitation and …

Cooperation is a prevalent phenomenon in nature and how it originates and maintains is a
fundamental question in ecology. Many efforts have been made to understand cooperation …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play an essential role for the nutrient uptake of the
majority of land plants, including many important crop species. The extraradical mycelium of …

A review has been undertaken into how soil organic matter (SOM) affects a range of soil
properties that are important for the productive capacity of soils. The potential effect of …

The sessile nature of plants forced them to evolve mechanisms to prioritize their responses
to simultaneous stresses, including colonization by microbes or nutrient starvation. Here, we …

Almost all plants are engaged in symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi. These soil
fungi can promote plant growth by supplying limiting nutrients to plant roots in return for plant …

Almost all plant species form symbioses with soil fungi, and nutrient transfer to plants is
largely mediated through this partnership. Studies of fungal nutrient transfer to plants have …

The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis, formed between the majority of land plants and
ubiquitous soil fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota, is responsible for massive nutrient …