Carbon-phosphorous exchange rate constrains growth of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks
Corentin Bisot, Loreto Oyarte Gálvez, Félix Kahane, Marije van Son, Bianca Turcu, Rob Broekman, Kai-Kai Lin, Paco Bontenbal, Max Kerr Winter, Vasilis Kokkoris, S.T. West, Christophe Godin, E. Toby Kiers, Thomas Simon Shimizu
The paper quantifies carbon and phosphorus fluxes in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis using robotic imaging and machine learning, finding that exchange rates constrain fungal growth strategies.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 6, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics