All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

The most dominant arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiont can be established on roots of
most terrestrial plants by beneficial AM fungi. A type of polycationic and aliphatic …

Background A better understanding of non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) dynamics in trees
under drought stress is critical to elucidate the mechanisms underlying forest decline and …

Abstract Background and Aims It is increasingly evident that plant tolerance to stress is
improved by mycorrhiza. Thus, suitable plant–fungus combinations may also contribute to …

Abstract Tissues of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) contain several endophytic
microorganisms of which Methylobacterium extorquens DSM13060 is a dominant species …

Polyamines (PAs) are positively charged amines such as putrescine, spermidine and
spermine that ubiquitously exist in all organisms. They have been considered as a new type …

Ectotrophic forest tree species planted in soils deficient in ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi have
been shown to benefit greatly from ECM inoculation. A major goal of ECM inoculation is to …

Dark septate endophytes (DSE) are very common root colonizers of woody plant species.
Ascomycetes of the P hialocephala fortinii sl–A cephala applanata species complex (PAC) …

The commonly observed increased heavy metal tolerance of ectomycorrhized plants is
usually linked with the protective role of the fungal hyphae covering colonized plant root tips …

It is believed that resource exchange, which is responsible for intensified growth of
ectomycorrhizal plants, occurs in the fungus–plant interface. However, increasing evidence …