Harnessing plant‐associated microbiomes offers an invaluable strategy to help agricultural
production become more sustainable while also meeting growing demands for food, feed …

Despite the fact that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) associations are among the most ancient,
abundant and important symbioses in terrestrial ecosystems, there are currently few unifying …

Plants and their arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal symbionts interact in complex underground
networks involving multiple partners. This increases the potential for exploitation and …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are known to improve plant fitness through the
establishment of mycorrhizal symbioses. Genetic and phenotypic variations among closely …

Belowground communities usually support a much greater diversity of organisms than do
corresponding aboveground ones, and while the factors that regulate their diversity are far …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1001–1009 Abstract Soil microbes play key roles in ecosystems,
yet the impact of their diversity on plant communities is still poorly understood. Here we …

The global human population is expected to reach∼ 9 billion by 2050. Feeding this many
people represents a major challenge requiring global crop yield increases of up to 100 …

The root systems of most agronomic crops are colonized by diverse assemblages of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), varying in the functional benefits (eg nutrient transfer …

Summary 1 Metacommunity and neutral theory have reinvigorated the study of 'niches' and
have emphasized the importance of understanding the influences of competition, abiotic …

Darwin's model of evolution by natural selection was based on his observations of change in
discrete organisms in which individuals are easy to define. Many of the most abundant …