Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in regulating growth, enhancing productivity, and potentially influencing ecosystems under abiotic and biotic stresses

A Wahab, M Muhammad, A Munir, G Abdi, W Zaman… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all
land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress …

Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum

S Duan, G Feng, E Limpens, P Bonfante… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The association between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) affects plant
performance and ecosystem functioning. Recent studies have identified AMF-associated …

Anthoceros genomes illuminate the origin of land plants and the unique biology of hornworts

FW Li, T Nishiyama, M Waller, E Frangedakis, J Keller… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Hornworts comprise a bryophyte lineage that diverged from other extant land plants> 400
million years ago and bears unique biological features, including a distinct sporophyte …

The good, the bad, and the phosphate: regulation of beneficial and detrimental plant–microbe interactions by the plant phosphate status

M Paries, C Gutjahr - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphate (Pi) is indispensable for life on this planet. However, for sessile land plants it is
poorly accessible. Therefore, plants have developed a variety of strategies for enhanced …

Plant SWEETs: from sugar transport to plant–pathogen interaction and more unexpected physiological roles

R Breia, A Conde, H Badim, AM Fortes… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters (SWEETs) have important roles in
numerous physiological mechanisms where sugar efflux is critical, including phloem …

Innovation and appropriation in mycorrhizal and rhizobial symbioses

D Wang, W Dong, J Murray, E Wang - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Most land plants benefit from endosymbiotic interactions with mycorrhizal fungi, including
legumes and some nonlegumes that also interact with endosymbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing …

Control of arbuscule development by a transcriptional negative feedback loop in Medicago

Q Zhang, S Wang, Q Xie, Y Xia, L Lu, M Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most terrestrial plants establish a symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which
provide them with lipids and sugars in exchange for phosphorus and nitrogen. Nutrient …

Ustilaginoidea virens: Insights into an Emerging Rice Pathogen

W Sun, J Fan, A Fang, Y Li… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
False smut of rice, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, has become one of the most important
diseases in rice-growing regions worldwide. The disease causes a significant yield loss and …

Nutrient regulation of lipochitooligosaccharide recognition in plants via NSP1 and NSP2

XR Li, J Sun, D Albinsky, D Zarrabian, R Hull… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Many plants associate with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for nutrient acquisition, while
legumes also associate with nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria. Both associations rely on …

Plant nitrogen nutrition: The roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

K Xie, Y Ren, A Chen, C Yang, Q Zheng, J Chen… - Journal of Plant …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) is the most abundant mineral nutrient required by plants, and crop productivity
depends heavily on N fertilization in many soils. Production and application of N fertilizers …