Article
Plant Sciences
Micaela Tosi, Cameron M. Ogilvie, Federico N. Spagnoletti, Sarah Fournier, Ralph C. Martin, Kari E. Dunfield
Summary: Cover crops improve soil health and water supply for cash crops, but their effects on plant-associated microbial communities, including AMF, are unclear.
Article
Microbiology
Ana Maria de la Sota Ricaldi, Sofia Rengifo del Aguila, Raul Blas Sevillano, Alvaro Lopez-Garcia, Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin
Summary: The study found that there was an increase in soil microbiota diversity after the establishment of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). This could be attributed to the low-impact management associated with this tropical crop.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Khachonphong Nopphakat, Phanthipha Runsaeng, Lompong Klinnawee
Summary: This study identified Acaulospora fungi as the core AMF in rainfed lowland rice paddies and demonstrated their symbiotic roles in rice. Acaulospora spores can enhance phosphate accumulation in mycorrhizal roots and increase soil phosphorus availability through the secretion of acid phosphatase. However, inoculation with Acaulospora spores suppressed the growth of rice seedlings.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Elisabeth B. Ward, Alexander Polussa, Mark A. Bradford
Summary: Plant mycorrhizal associations impact the accumulation and persistence of soil organic matter, which can affect how ecosystems respond to global changes. The co-occurrence of trees and shrubs with different mycorrhizal associations can influence soil organic matter pools, but more research is needed to understand these effects.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hui Xia, Chunguo Yang, Yan Liang, Zunzhen He, Yuqi Guo, Yuxuan Lang, Jie Wei, Xinbo Tian, Lijin Lin, Honghong Deng, Jin Wang, Xiulan Lv, Dong Liang
Summary: The combined application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and melatonin has additive effects on improving drought tolerance in kiwifruit seedlings, promoting plant growth and alleviating drought damage.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiang Zheng, Qi Liu, Xinli Chen, Minmin Cao, Fan Wu, Weiyang Li, Ling Zhang, Shenglong Liu, Jiang Jiang
Summary: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in facilitating the uptake of soil phosphorus and nitrogen by land plants in exchange for carbon. However, the influence of AMF on soil N2O emissions under nitrogen addition remains unclear. This study found that AMF could significantly reduce soil N2O emissions by decreasing soil ammonium concentration through hyphal nitrogen uptake. AMF did not interact with nitrogen addition in affecting soil N2O emissions or N2O-producing microbes.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Adam Frew
Summary: Aboveground herbivory from a generalist insect herbivore can suppress the AM symbiosis by reducing root growth and carbon allocation belowground, which results in decreased arbuscular colonisation and phosphorus uptake in host plants.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Lena Neuenkamp, Martin Zobel, Kadri Koorem, Teele Jairus, John Davison, Maarja Opik, Martti Vasar, Mari Moora
Summary: This study found that plants' shade-tolerance influences their root arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities, with shade-intolerant plants showing lower AM fungal beta-diversity in shaded conditions due to preferential carbon allocation to specific AM fungi when plant-assimilated carbon available to fungi was limited. Favourable environmental conditions, such as optimal light availability, reduce plants' selectivity for specific AM fungi and promote compatibility with a larger number of AM fungal taxa.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Stavros D. Veresoglou, Leonie Gruenfeld, Magkdi Mola
Summary: Through three controlled experiments, researchers found that the environmental settings of habitat connectance and quality can influence the diversity and predictability of AMF fungi in plant roots. Although manipulating environmental parameters did not affect the diversity of AMF assemblages, mixing habitats and varying connectance did make the assemblages less predictable.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ruwanthika Kalamulla, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Mahesh C. A. Galappaththi, Nakarin Suwannarach, Steven L. Stephenson, Suhail Asad, Ziad Salman Salem, Neelamanie Yapa
Summary: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play important roles in soil and plant productivity through their nutritional and non-nutritional functionalities. They maintain soil structure, change nutrient acquisition, alleviate stress, and interact with other microorganisms and plants, all of which contribute to plant growth and productivity.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Nihal Gujre, Ankit Soni, Latha Rangan, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Sudip Mitra
Summary: This review focuses on the use of biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to improve soil health and crop productivity, emphasizing their indispensable roles in maintaining the plant-soil continuum. The study highlights the significant progress made in understanding the physical and chemical properties of biochar, as well as the functions and roles of AMF in the soil ecosystem. The potential benefits, challenges, and future opportunities of combined biochar and AMF applications are critically examined.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Zhouying Xu, Yichao Lv, Mingjing Fang, Jianjun Liu, Haibo Zeng, Yihui Ban
Summary: Aquatic plants in EFBs host diverse (229 OTUs) and abundant (348,799 sequences) AMF communities. Different plant species host different taxa of AMF. Cyperaceae, originally considered non-mycorrhizal, may actually belong to a variable mycorrhizal plant family. The composition of AMF communities in EFBs is closely linked to nutrient concentrations (nitrogen and phosphorus).
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Leonie Gruenfeld, Georgios Skias, Matthias C. Rillig, Stavros D. Veresoglou
Summary: This study investigates the effects of spatial distribution of plant habitats on AMF root colonization and extraradical hyphae. The results show that habitats with high connectivity stimulate root colonization and induce denser functional root colonization. However, overdispersed habitats promote functional root colonization.
Article
Soil Science
Neji Mahmoudi, Maria F. Caeiro, Mosbah Mahdhi, Rogerio Tenreiro, Florian Ulm, Mohamed Mars, Cristina Cruz, Teresa Dias
Summary: The study found that soil multifunctionality is strongly associated with mycorrhizal traits, with bare soils and low-mycorrhizal plant species leading to lower soil functionality, while Fabaceae species contribute to higher soil functionality.
Article
Plant Sciences
Tomas Vetrovsky, Zuzana Kolarikova, Clementine Lepinay, Sandra Awokunle Holla, John Davison, Anna Fleyberkova, Anastasiia Gromyko, Barbora Jelinkova, Miroslav Kolarik, Manuela Kruger, Renata Lejskova, Lenka Michalcikova, Tereza Michalova, Mari Moora, Andrea Moravcova, Stepanka Moulikova, Inaki Odriozola, Maarja Opik, Monika Pappova, Sarah Piche-Choquette, Jakub Skrivanek, Lukas Vlk, Martin Zobel, Petr Baldrian, Petr Kohout
Summary: This article introduces a newly developed global AM fungi database that aims to reduce the limited understanding of AM fungal biogeography. The database contains millions of observations of AM fungal DNA sequences with geographical locations and additional metadata from various studies. It is an open source initiative that compiles the most comprehensive atlas of AM fungal distribution.
Article
Ecology
Jeffrey A. Evans, Richard A. Lankau, Adam S. Davis, S. Raghu, Douglas A. Landis
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Plant Sciences
Daniel P. Keymer, Richard A. Lankau
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2017)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Nina Wurzburger, E. N. Jack Brookshire, M. Luke McCormack, Richard A. Lankau
Article
Plant Sciences
Kai Zhu, M. Luke McCormack, Richard A. Lankau, J. Franklin Egan, Nina Wurzburger
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Agronomy
Diane Xue, Rachel Christenson, Ruth Genger, Amanda Gevens, Richard A. Lankau
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chelsea E. Cunard, Richard A. Lankau
Article
Ecology
Cassandra Allsup, Richard Lankau
Article
Plant Sciences
Emily W. Lankau, Dianne Xue, Rachel Christensen, Amanda J. Gevens, Richard A. Lankau
Article
Plant Sciences
Zachary D. Zalewski, Rae Page, Richard A. Lankau, Patricia S. McManus
Summary: The study revealed that pathogenic yeasts found in rotten cranberries may play a significant role in cranberry fruit rot disease, especially in wet-harvested berries.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Teal S. Potter, Lea Vereecke, Richard A. Lankau, Gregg R. Sanford, Erin M. Silva, Matthew D. Ruark
Summary: Long-term systems-based experiments have shown how different cropping systems impact soil physiochemical properties and microbial communities. In a 26-year trial in the upper Midwest US, it was found that microbial biomass was highest in continuous pasture, lowest in continuous corn, and intermediate in alfalfa-based dairy forage rotations. Fungal taxonomic richness followed a similar trend, while bacterial richness did not differ significantly among cropping systems. Microbial community composition varied significantly among cropping systems but could not be fully explained by specific management practices.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Richard A. Lankau, Isabelle George, Max Miao
Summary: Microbial diversity in soils has varying effects on crop yield and disease suppression. High microbial diversity predicts higher yields under low nutrient conditions, while disease suppression is mainly affected by microbial composition rather than diversity. Microbial diversity also influences ecosystem multifunctionality.
Article
Ecology
Caitlin E. E. Hicks Pries, Richard Lankau, Grace Anne Ingham, Eva Legge, Owen Krol, Jodi Forrester, Amelia Fitch, Nina Wurzburger
Summary: As global change alters the species composition of forests, understanding the effects of tree species characteristics on soil organic matter cycling is crucial for predicting soil carbon storage. Recent studies have suggested that whether a tree species forms a symbiosis with arbuscular (AM) or ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi can strongly influence soil carbon storage, but there is variability within EcM systems. This study investigated how mycorrhizal associations and the species composition of canopy trees and mycorrhizal fungi relate to soil carbon and nitrogen content and the carbon to nitrogen ratio in four different sites. The findings showed that soil properties were strongly correlated with the composition of canopy trees and fungal species, rather than simply the presence of AM or EcM symbiosis.
Article
Plant Sciences
Max Miao, Richard Lankau
Summary: Potato domestication has altered the host response to its rhizosphere microbiome in nutrient-dependent ways. Taxonomically similar rhizosphere microbial communities between potato clades resulted in different host responses to microbes. However, studies testing how crop domestication-driven differences in rhizosphere microbial communities affect plant health are limited mostly to specific symbiont pairings.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)