Fungi prepare the soil for plant invasions
Chinese researchers find that similar plants can gain a big competitive advantage by partnering with the right fungi.
Tag: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Global climate change and grasslands: soil microbial diversity to the rescue!
New study the journal New Phytologist reveals the importance of soil microbial diversity for tolerating or recovering from drought, warming and nitrogen deposition.
Restoring “No Man’s Land” with native mycorrhizal fungi and plant seed mixtures
A new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology reveals the importance of introducing symbiotic fungi with native plant species for restoring post-mining ecosystems.
Feeding (or not feeding) a fungus: plants may not be so good to their fungal partners after all
Interactions between plants and fungal symbionts are not always balanced affairs.
How arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi talk to plants before colonisation
Thismia and its unusual number of specialist relationships.
Plants and Fungi: An ancient partnership
Why are we interested in fungi here? Partly because if you’re interested in plants, you’ll find fungi everywhere.
Ecology of Floristic Quality Assessment: testing for correlations between coefficients of conservatism, species traits and mycorrhizal responsiveness
Genetic diversity and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Arachnitis uniflora
Soil N not microbes favours an exotic plant over natives
Composition of fungal soil communities varies with plant abundance and geographic origin
AM fungi and P acquisition by hemiparasitic Pedicularis
A study of Pedicularis rex and P. tricolor finds that AM colonization is low, and less than 1 % of total plant P is taken up from the soil via the AM fungus.
