We compared colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) fungi in perennial native and exotic species that were paired phylogenetically and by functional groups and grown under a common environment in field plots in Central Texas, USA. Roots were collected from plants in monoculture plots, stained, ...
Most plants, for example, form symbioses with mycorrhizal fungi, whose limited dispersal to islands could act as a colonization filter for plants. We tested this hypothesis using global-scale analyses of ~1.4 million plant occurrences, including ~200,000 plant species across ~1,100 regions. We...
1.4.1.2Mycorrhizal fungi Mycorrhizal fungidescribe the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi.Mycorrhizaecolonize plant roots extracellularly and intracellularly. Ectomycorrhizal fungi form a net in the outer cell wall layers of plant roots without invading plant cells (species ofAscomycotina...
By harnessing the symbiotic relationship between these fungi and plants, we have the potential to revolutionize sustainable farming practices and contribute to the restoration of degraded ecosystems. While there are challenges to overcome, the ongoing research and development in this field hold great ...
mechanisms driving these differences are heavily debated in current literature, with distinct physiological traits of mycorrhizal fungi most likely playing a critical role16,17,18,19,20. Although it can be argued that high abundance of EcM plants is a consequence rather than a driver of high soil...
We set up four treatments with inoculation Entrophospora etunicata (EE), Funneliformis mosseae (FM), Rhizophagus intraradices (RI), and non-inoculation. The main research findings are as follows: the three AMF formed a good symbiotic relationship with the three grassland plants, with RI and ...
Mycoheterotrophic plants (MHPs) are leafless, achlorophyllous, and completely dependent on mycorrhizal fungi for their carbon supply. Mycorrhizal symbiosis
In this Review, we focus on recent phylogenomic, molecular and cell biology studies to present the current state of knowledge of the origin of mycorrhizal fungi and the evolutionary history of their relationship with land plants. As mycorrhizas feature a variety of phenotypes, depending on partner...
This relationship was, however, not universal, as in each of the three agricultural data sets no significant negative DOC slopes are observed (Figure 2). When we plot Chinese community pairs of only grassland–cropland comparisons (so between land-use pairings), there is also no negative slope...
Orchid seeds depend on colonization by orchid mycorrhizal (OM) fungi for their germination; therefore, the orchids and OM fungi have long maintained a close relationship (e.g., formation of the hyphal mass structure, peloton) during their evolution. In t