Underground allies: How and why do mycelial networks help plants defend themselves?

Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

(2013) Zdenka Babikova et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE genes mediate leaf-to-leaf wound signalling

(2013) Seyed A. R. Mousavi et al.   NATURE

Common arbuscular mycorrhizal networks amplify competition for phosphorus between seedlings and established plants

(2013) Marie P. Merrild et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhiza-Induced Resistance and Priming of Plant Defenses

(2012) Sabine C. Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Fungal superhighways: do common mycorrhizal networks enhance below ground communication?

(2012) E. Kathryn Barto et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Mycorrhiza changes plant volatiles to attract spider mite enemies

(2011) Peter Schausberger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The Fungal Fast Lane: Common Mycorrhizal Networks Extend Bioactive Zones of Allelochemicals in Soils

(2011) E. Kathryn Barto et al.   PLoS One

Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2011) E. T. Kiers et al.   SCIENCE

A single European aspen (Populus tremula) tree individual may potentially harbour dozens of Cenococcum geophilum ITS genotypes and hundreds of species of ectomycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Mohammad Bahram et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

New insights into the mycorrhizal Rhizoscyphus ericae aggregate: spatial structure and co-colonization of ectomycorrhizal and ericoid roots

(2010) Gwen-Aëlle Grelet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Interplant Communication of Tomato Plants through Underground Common Mycorrhizal Networks

(2010) Yuan Yuan Song et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary bet-hedging in the real world: empirical evidence and challenges revealed by plants

(2010) D. Z. Childs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Co-existing ericaceous plant species in a subarctic mire community share fungal root endophytes

(2009) Rasmus Kjøller et al.   Fungal Ecology

Socialism in soil? The importance of mycorrhizal fungal networks for facilitation in natural ecosystems

(2009) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Architecture of the wood-wide web: Rhizopogon spp. genets link multiple Douglas-fir cohorts

(2009) Kevin J. Beiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Belowground volatiles facilitate interactions between plant roots and soil organisms

(2009) Katrin Wenke et al.   PLANTA

Explaining evolution of plant communication by airborne signals

(2009) Martin Heil et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Preferential allocation to beneficial symbiont with spatial structure maintains mycorrhizal mutualism

(2008) James D. Bever et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long-distance signalling in plant defence

(2008) Martin Heil et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Aphid-plant interactions: a review

(2008) Emilio Guerrieri et al.   Journal of Plant Interactions