Soil fungal resources in annual cropping systems and their potential for management

W Ellouze, A Esmaeili Taheri… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Soil fungi are a critical component of agroecosystems and provide ecological services that
impact the production of food and bioproducts. Effective management of fungal resources is …

Nitrogen and phosphorus additions impact arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance and molecular diversity in a tropical montane forest

T Camenzind, S Hempel, J Homeier… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Increased nitrogen (N) depositions expected in the future endanger the diversity and stability
of ecosystems primarily limited by N, but also often co‐limited by other nutrients like …

Soil and geography are more important determinants of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal communities than management practices in Swiss agricultural soils

J Jansa, A Erb, HR Oberholzer, P Šmilauer… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ubiquitous soil fungi, forming mutualistic symbiosis
with a majority of terrestrial plant species. They are abundant in nearly all soils, less diverse …

Land use influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the farming–pastoral ecotone of northern China

D Xiang, E Verbruggen, Y Hu, SD Veresoglou… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a landscape‐scale investigation to compare the arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungal (AMF) communities between grasslands and farmlands in the farming–pastoral …

Anthropogenic land use shapes the composition and phylogenetic structure of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

M Moora, J Davison, M Öpik, M Metsis… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play an important role in ecosystems, but little is known
about how soil AM fungal community composition varies in relation to habitat type and land …

Spatial and temporal structuring of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities is differentially influenced by abiotic factors and host crop in a semi-arid prairie agroecosystem

LD Bainard, JD Bainard, C Hamel… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Agroecosystems are dynamic systems that experience frequent chemical inputs and
changes in plant cover. The objective of this study was to test whether abiotic (soil chemical …

Soil fungal communities of grasslands are environmentally structured at a regional scale in the A lps

L Pellissier, H Niculita‐Hirzel, A Dubuis… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Studying patterns of species distributions along elevation gradients is frequently used to
identify the primary factors that determine the distribution, diversity and assembly of species …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities are phylogenetically clustered at small scales

S Horn, T Caruso, E Verbruggen, MC Rillig… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Next-generation sequencing technologies with markers covering the full Glomeromycota
phylum were used to uncover phylogenetic community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal …

Changes in the composition and diversity of AMF communities mediated by management practices in a Mediterranean soil are related with increases in soil biological …

MM Alguacil, E Torrecillas, F García-Orenes… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A field experiment was performed in a semi-arid Mediterranean agroecosystem to assess
the influence of different management practices on the composition and diversity of the …

Superior differentiation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities from till and no-till plots by morphological spore identification when compared to T-RFLP

K Wetzel, G Silva, U Matczinski, F Oehl… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In our experiments we intended to document the impact of tillage on arbuscular mycorrhizal
(AM) fungal communities under temperate climate conditions and intensive agriculture in a …