Beneficial services of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi–from ecology to application

M Chen, M Arato, L Borghi, E Nouri… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is the most common symbiotic association of plants with
microbes. AM fungi occur in the majority of natural habitats and they provide a range of …

Microbial community in the composting process and its positive impact on the soil biota in sustainable agriculture

A Aguilar-Paredes, G Valdés, N Araneda… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional agriculture has important challenges to guarantee soil fertility and sustainable
food production. Many agricultural soils in the world are degraded and multiple strategies …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi act as biostimulants in horticultural crops

Y Rouphael, P Franken, C Schneider, D Schwarz… - Scientia …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the coming years, more sustainable horticultural practices should be developed to
guarantee greater yield and yield stability, in order to meet the increasing food global …

Cover cropping enhances soil microbial biomass and affects microbial community structure: A meta-analysis

I Muhammad, J Wang, UM Sainju, S Zhang, F Zhao… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Cover crops have been increasingly grown for improving soil health and crop production
and minimizing environmental impact compared to no cover crop. Systematic documentation …

Ecological intensification and arbuscular mycorrhizas: a meta‐analysis of tillage and cover crop effects

TM Bowles, LE Jackson, M Loeher… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Reliance on ecosystem services instead of synthetic, non‐renewable inputs is increasingly
seen as key to achieving food security in an environmentally sustainable way. This process …

Impact of conservation tillage and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

V Säle, P Aguilera, E Laczko, P Mäder, A Berner… - Soil Biology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are strongly affected by land use
intensity and soil type. The impact of tillage practices on AMF communities is still poorly …

The cover crop determines the AMF community composition in soil and in roots of maize after a ten-year continuous crop rotation

C Hontoria, I García-González, M Quemada… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Intensive agricultural practices are responsible for soil biological degradation. By stimulating
indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), cover cropping enhances soil health and …

Diversity and biogeography of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural soils

F Oehl, E Laczko, HR Oberholzer, J Jansa… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2017 - Springer
It has widely been acknowledged that the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is
greatly affected by climate, land use intensity, and soil parameters. The objective of this …

Diverse bacterial communities are recruited on spores of different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal isolates

M Agnolucci, F Battini, C Cristani… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2015 - Springer
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) establish mutualistic symbioses with the roots of most
food crops, playing a key role in soil fertility and plant nutrition and health. The beneficial …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctionality and diversity of culturable bacterial communities strictly associated with spores of the plant beneficial symbiont Rhizophagus intraradices

F Battini, C Cristani, M Giovannetti, M Agnolucci - Microbiological Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) live in symbiosis with most crop plants and
represent essential elements of soil fertility and plant nutrition and productivity, facilitating …