Phytoremediation is a holistic approach and can be used in large scale to remediate the
contaminated land resources. Although the concept of phytoremediation is few decades old …

Introduction Heavy metal pollution is a strong driver of above-and belowground communities
and triggers evolutionary adaptation in organisms. This review provides an overview of our …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Truffles (Tuber) are ectomycorrhizal fungi characterized by hypogeous fruitbodies. Their
biodiversity, host associations and geographical distributions are not well documented. ITS …

Numerous studies address the distribution and the diversity of dark septate endophytes
(DSEs) in the literature, but little is known about their ecological role and their effect on host …

Reclamation using fast-growing trees has great potential for agroforestry development on
former non-ferrous metal mining areas. However, the functional traits of ectomycorrhizal …

Geographic and taxonomic host ranges determine the distribution of biotrophic organisms.
Host phylogenetic distance strongly affects the community composition of pathogens and …

Ectomycorrhizas (EMs) are mutualistic associations between certain soil fungi and higher
plants. EMs can modulate the cellular, physiological and molecular processes of host plants …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF) form diverse communities and link different host plants into
mycorrhizal networks, yet little is known about the magnitude of mycobiont diversity of a …

Ectomycorrhizas (EMs), which are symbiotic organs formed between tree roots and certain
fungi, can mediate cadmium (Cd) tolerance of host plants, but the underlying physiological …