Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its major role in plant growth, zinc nutrition, phosphorous regulation and phytoremediation

P Bhantana, MS Rana, X Sun, MG Moussa… - Symbiosis, 2021 - Springer
Arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) are a big player of the ecosystem which shows a major
concern over plant nutrition by providing access to the soil-derived nutrients. Naturally, an …

Elucidating the mechanisms underlying enhanced drought tolerance in plants mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

S Cheng, YN Zou, K Kuča, A Hashem… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plants are often subjected to various environmental stresses during their life cycle, among
which drought stress is perhaps the most significant abiotic stress limiting plant growth and …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediated enhanced biomass, root morphological traits and nutrient uptake under drought stress: a meta-analysis

M Chandrasekaran - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drought stress remains the major constraint in affecting crop productivity in several arid and
semi-arid areas highlighting climate change perspectives. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi …

Role of vacuolar membrane transport systems in plant salinity tolerance

MMF Mansour - Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2023 - Springer
About 20% of all irrigated land is adversely affected by salinity hazards and therefore
understanding plant defense mechanisms against salinity will have great impact on plant …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and/or organic amendment enhance the tolerance of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) under drought stress

S Lahbouki, R Ben-Laouane, M Anli… - Journal of Arid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drought stress is one of the most serious constraints that prevents plants from attaining their
full potential, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Among notable drought-tolerant …

Co-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes under drought stress: synergistic or competitive effects on maize growth, photosynthesis …

M Gong, N Bai, P Wang, J Su, Q Chang, Q Zhang - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate fungi (DSE) were simultaneously
colonized in the root cells of maize. Single AMF and DSE symbiosis have been proven to …

Photosynthetic traits and nitrogen uptake in crops: which is the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi?

R Balestrini, C Brunetti, W Chitarra, L Nerva - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are root symbionts that provide mineral nutrients to the
host plant in exchange for carbon compounds. AM fungi positively affect several aspects of …

Dynamic role of aquaporin transport system under drought stress in plants

SM Shivaraj, Y Sharma, J Chaudhary, N Rajora… - Environmental and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prolonged soil moisture deficit poses major threat to plant survival. Plants have evolved to
withstand such condition by maintaining water status through adoptive mechanisms. Such …

Secondary metabolites, osmolytes and antioxidant activity as the main attributes enhanced by biostimulants for growth and resilience of lettuce to drought stress

R Ouhaddou, L Ech-Chatir, M Anli, R Ben-Laouane… - Gesunde …, 2023 - Springer
Drought stress (DS) is one of the most serious abiotic stresses decreasing crop production
and agricultural yield worldwide. In this study, an experiment was conducted in the …

Aquaporins responses under challenging environmental conditions and abiotic stress tolerance in plants

A Gautam, AK Pandey - The Botanical Review, 2021 - Springer
Aquaporins are important transmembrane channel proteins required for the transport of
water and nutrients to maintain plant water relations and its survival. The aquaporins have a …