Fungi are an understudied, biotechnologically valuable group of organisms. Due to the
immense range of habitats that fungi inhabit, and the consequent need to compete against a …

Microbes are the unseen majority in soil and comprise a large portion of life's genetic
diversity. Despite their abundance, the impact of soil microbes on ecosystem processes is …

Scientific interest in orchid mycorrhizas, the symbiotic association between orchid roots and
fungi, continues to grow. Advances in molecular identification techniques have enabled the …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

The Orchidaceae is a diverse and wide spread family of flowering plants that are of great
value in ornamental, medical, conservation, and evolutionary research. The broad diversity …

Background Given the exceptional diversity of orchids (26 000+ species), improving
strategies for the conservation of orchids will benefit a vast number of taxa. Furthermore, with …

The distribution and abundance of orchid populations depend on a suite of biological and
ecological factors, including seed production and dispersal, availability of mycorrhizal fungi …

Because pure cultures and a stable transformation system are not available for arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi, the role of their phosphate transporters for the symbiotic interaction with …

Orchid mycorrhizas are mutualistic interactions between fungi and members of the
Orchidaceae, the world's largest plant family. The majority of the world's orchids are …

Anthropogenic global change is driving an increase in the frequency and intensity of drought
and flood events, along with associated imbalances and limitation of several soil nutrients. In …