The role of community and population ecology in applying mycorrhizal fungi for improved food security

From root to fruit: RNA-Seq analysis shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis may affect tomato fruit metabolism

(2014) Inès Zouari et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Sequence Depth, Not PCR Replication, Improves Ecological Inference from Next Generation DNA Sequencing

(2014) Dylan P. Smith et al.   PLoS One

Density-based hierarchical clustering of pyro-sequences on a large scale--the case of fungal ITS1

(2013) M. Pagni et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Predicting community and ecosystem outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global change

(2013) Nancy C. Johnson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rapid genotypic change and plasticity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is caused by a host shift and enhanced by segregation

(2013) Caroline Angelard et al.   ISME Journal

Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2013) Maarja Öpik et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

(2013) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Systems biology and “omics” tools: A cooperation for next-generation mycorrhizal studies

(2013) Alessandra Salvioli et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The In Vitro Mass-Produced Model Mycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, Significantly Increases Yields of the Globally Important Food Security Crop Cassava

(2013) Isabel Ceballos et al.   PLoS One

Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

(2013) E. Tisserant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Super Dirt

(2013) Richard Conniff   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Microbial phylotype composition and diversity predicts plant productivity and plant-soil feedbacks

(2012) James D. Bever et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Establishment, persistence and effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculants in the field revealed using molecular genetic tracing and measurement of yield components

(2012) Elisa Pellegrino et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hiding in a crowd—does diversity facilitate persistence of a low-quality fungal partner in the mycorrhizal symbiosis?

(2012) Miranda M. Hart et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Genetic Exchange in an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Results in Increased Rice Growth and Altered Mycorrhiza-Specific Gene Transcription

(2011) Alexandre Colard et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fears over phosphorus supplies

(2010) Michael Gross   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Segregation in a Mycorrhizal Fungus Alters Rice Growth and Symbiosis-Specific Gene Transcription

(2010) Caroline Angelard et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Resource limitation is a driver of local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses

(2010) N. C. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

(2010) H. C. J. Godfray et al.   SCIENCE

Lack of global population genetic differentiation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae suggests a recent range expansion which may have coincided with the spread of agriculture

(2009) SØREN ROSENDAHL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Environment: The disappearing nutrient

(2009) Natasha Gilbert   NATURE

How does arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization vary with host plant genotype? An example based on maize (Zea mays) germplasms

(2009) G.-H. An et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Genetic diversity of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungusGlomus intraradicesas determined by mitochondrial large subunit rRNA gene sequences is considerably higher than previously expected

(2008) Boris Börstler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nonself vegetative fusion and genetic exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices

(2008) Daniel Croll et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Communities, populations and individuals of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2008) Søren Rosendahl   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genetic diversity and host plant preferences revealed by simple sequence repeat and mitochondrial markers in a population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungusGlomus intraradices

(2008) Daniel Croll et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rapid SNP Discovery and Genetic Mapping Using Sequenced RAD Markers

(2008) Nathan A. Baird et al.   PLoS One