Light, water and healthy soil are three essential natural resources required for agricultural
productivity. Industrialization of agriculture has resulted in intensification of cropping …

Aims Knowledge about mycorrhizal associations is important for understanding mineral
nutrition, stress tolerance and regeneration dynamics of trees. Here we address the …

Drought disrupts soil microbial activity and many biogeochemical processes. Although plant-
associated fungi can support plant performance and nutrient cycling during drought, their …

The definitions of different types of mycorrhizas and problems with mycorrhizal diagnosis,
especially for plants with sparse or inconsistent mycorrhizal colonisation, are discussed …

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) has been championed as a promising bioenergy crop
due to its high productivity across a wide environmental range. The switchgrass microbiome …

Growth-promoting endophytes have great potential to boost crop production and
sustainability. There is, however, a lack of research on how differences in the plant host …

This review is a short synopsis of some of the latest breakthroughs in the areas of
lignocellulosic conversion to fuels and utilization of oils for biodiesel. Although four …

The Serendipitaceae family was erected in 2016 to accommodate the Sebacinales 'group
B'clade, which contains peculiar species of cultivable root–associated fungi involved in …

In recent years, the utilization of novel sequencing techniques opened a new field of
research into plant microbiota and was used to explore a wide diversity of microorganisms …

Environmental conditions such as temperature can be important determinants for the
success of biocontrol agents in field situations. On the one hand temperature affects …