A comprehensive appraisal of the mycorrhizal literature provides data for 336 plant families
representing 99% of flowering plants, with regard to mycorrhizas and other nutritional …

Phosphorus is an important plant nutrient which is in short supply in many agricultural soils.
Because much of the soluble phosphate (P) applied to soils as fertilizer is “fixed” by the soil …

A. Ascomycetes 102 B. Basidiomycetes 107 C. Gasteromycetes 108 D. Aphyllophorales 114
E. Agaricales I 16 F. Mushrooms with gills 117 G. Fungi, with predominantly white spore …

Invariably, many agricultural soils of the world are deficient in one or more of the essential
nutrients needed to support healthy plants. Acidity, alkalinity, salinity, anthropogenic …

summary Variation among VA mycorrhizal fungi in their ability to enhance phosphorus
uptake and plant growth could be due to differences in the length, distribution and …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the ecological implications of mycorrhizal
associations in natural ecosystems and the role of soil or environmental factors, mycorrhizal …

An in vitro system using Ri T‐DXA transformed roots and the vesicular–arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita Becker & Hall has been developed to study the …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) benefit plants by allowing them to grow and produce in
relatively harsh mineral stress environments. This has been attributed extensively to ability …

Empirical records provide incontestable evidence of global changes: foremost among these
changes is the rising concentration of CO 2 in the earth's atmosphere. Plant growth is nearly …

Sustainable farming systems strive to minimise the use of synthetic pesticides and to
optimise the use of alternative management strategies to control soil‐borne pathogens …