Mycorrhizal mycelium as a global carbon pool

HJ Hawkins, RIM Cargill, ME Van Nuland, SC Hagen… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
For more than 400 million years, mycorrhizal fungi and plants have formed partnerships that
are crucial to the emergence and functioning of global ecosystems. The importance of these …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi: Participation in nutrient turnover and community assembly pattern in forest ecosystems

Y Liu, X Li, Y Kou - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF) are involved in soil nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems.
These fungi can promote the uptake of nutrients (eg, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)) and …

Nitrogen deposition increases root production and turnover but slows root decomposition in Pinus elliottii plantations

L Kou, L Jiang, X Fu, X Dai, H Wang, S Li - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fine roots of woody plants comprise multiple root orders, which can be functionally
partitioned into two pools: absorptive fine roots (AFR s, orders 1, 2) and transport fine roots …

The rhizosphere and hyphosphere differ in their impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

IC Meier, SG Pritchard, ER Brzostek… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While multiple experiments have demonstrated that trees exposed to elevated CO 2 can
stimulate microbes to release nutrients from soil organic matter, the importance of root …

Plant‐mycorrhizal interactions mediate plant community coexistence by altering resource demand

J Jiang, JAM Moore, A Priyadarshi, AT Classen - Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As the diversity of plants increases in an ecosystem, so does resource competition for soil
nutrients, a process that mycorrhizal fungi can mediate. The influence of mycorrhizal fungi …

Changes in root architecture under elevated concentrations of CO2 and nitrogen reflect alternate soil exploration strategies

KV Beidler, BN Taylor, AE Strand, ER Cooper… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the response of fine roots to increased atmospheric CO2 concentration has
important implications for carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. Root …

Effect of greenhouse soil management on soil aggregation and organic matter in northeast China

Y Yan, L Cheng-Hua, P Zhong-Jian - Catena, 2015 - Elsevier
The effect of greenhouse soils on soil aggregation and soil organic carbon (SOC) cycling
should be evaluated to maximize the benefits of solar greenhouses rationally. The …

Remarkable similarity in timing of absorptive fine-root production across 11 diverse temperate tree species in a common garden

JM Withington, M Goebel, B Bułaj, J Oleksyn… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Long-term minirhizotron observations of absorptive fine roots provide insights into seasonal
patterns of belowground root production and carbon dynamics. Our objective was to …

Effects of CO2 and O3 on the interaction between root of woody plants and ectomycorrhizae

X Wang, E Agathokleous, L Qu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and tropospheric ozone (O3)
concentrations has affected forest ecosystems both above and below ground. A high dose of …

Decomposition by ectomycorrhizal fungi alters soil carbon storage in a simulation model

JAM Moore, J Jiang, WM Post, AT Classen - Ecosphere, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon cycle models often lack explicit belowground organism activity, yet belowground
organisms regulate carbon storage and release in soil. Ectomycorrhizal fungi are important …