Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) raises growing interest in phytomanagement because it
commonly grows under poplar Short Rotation Coppices (SRC) set up at trace-metal (TM) …

The effects of a high concentration of zinc on two registered clones of poplar (Populus alba
Villafranca and Populus nigra Jean Pourtet), inoculated or not with two arbuscular …

Root‐colonizing fungi can form mycorrhizal or endophytic associations with plant roots, the
type of association depending on the host. We investigated the differences and similarities of …

In natural forests, hundreds of fungal species colonize plant roots. The preference or
specificity for partners in these symbiotic relationships is a key to understanding how the …

Despite a long history of use in phytomanagement strategies, the impacts of poplar trees on
the structure and function of microbial communities that live in the soil remain largely …

Aims Pioneer tree species such as Betula pendula and Pinus sylvestris encroach soils
contaminated with heavy metals (HMs). This is facilitated by ectomycorrhizal fungi colonizing …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities vary across habitat types, as well as across
different land use types. Most relevant research, however, has focused on agricultural or …

Mycorrhizal fungi provide direct and functional interconnection of soil environment with their
host plant roots. Colonization of non-host plants have occasionally been described, but its …

There is an increasing consensus that microbial communities have an important role in
mediating ecosystem processes. Trait-based ecology predicts that the impact of the …

Soil fungi play a fundamental role in the cycling of nutrients and tree nutrition in forests. As
mycorrhizal fungi are closely associated with their host trees and provide them essential …