The costs and benefits of plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal interactions

AE Bennett, K Groten - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The symbiotic interaction between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is often
perceived as beneficial for both partners, though a large ecological literature highlights the …

Root phenotypes for improved nutrient capture: an underexploited opportunity for global agriculture

JP Lynch - New phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrient‐efficient crops are a solution to the two grand challenges of modern agriculture:
improving food security while reducing environmental impacts. The primary challenges are …

Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

S Lutz, N Bodenhausen, J Hess, A Valzano-Held… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alternative solutions to mineral fertilizers and pesticides that reduce the environmental
impact of agriculture are urgently needed. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can enhance …

Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts

A Edlinger, G Garland, K Hartman, S Banerjee… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Phosphorus (P) acquisition is key for plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) help
plants acquire P from soil. Understanding which factors drive AMF-supported nutrient uptake …

Soil microbial resources for improving fertilizers efficiency in an integrated plant nutrient management system

A Bargaz, K Lyamlouli, M Chtouki, Y Zeroual… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tomorrow's agriculture, challenged by increasing global demand for food, scarcity of arable
lands, and resources alongside multiple environment pressures, needs to be managed …

Root anatomy and soil resource capture

JP Lynch, CF Strock, HM Schneider, JS Sidhu, I Ajmera… - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Background Suboptimal water and nutrient availability are primary constraints in global
agriculture. Root anatomy plays key roles in soil resource acquisition. In this article we …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of phosphate solubilizing bacteria on belowground crop performance for improved crop acquisition of phosphorus

A Bargaz, W Elhaissoufi, S Khourchi, B Benmrid… - Microbiological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although research on plant growth promoting bacteria began in the 1950s, basic and
applied research on bacteria improving use of phosphorus (P) continues to be a priority …

Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

A Keymer, P Pimprikar, V Wewer, C Huber, M Brands… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbioses contribute to global carbon cycles as plant hosts
divert up to 20% of photosynthate to the obligate biotrophic fungi. Previous studies …

Little evidence that farmers should consider abundance or diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi when managing crops

MH Ryan, JH Graham - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1092 I. Introduction 1093 II. Investigating activity of AMF in
agroecosystems 1093 III. Crop benefit from AMF: agronomic and mycorrhizal literature differ …

Coumarin communication along the microbiome–root–shoot axis

MJJ Stassen, SH Hsu, CMJ Pieterse, IA Stringlis - Trends in Plant Science, 2021 - cell.com
Plants shape their rhizosphere microbiome by secreting root exudates into the soil
environment. Recently, root-exuded coumarins were identified as novel players in plant …