Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Temporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungi: Leaf habit and exploration strategy contribute to seasonal variation in community abundance and composition

This study examines seasonal variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal abundance and composition across temperate forests, finding that leaf habit, exploration strategy, and soil moisture influence phenological dynamics.

Farmyard Mulching in Regenerative Agriculture Enhances Saprotrophs and Concomitantly Reduces Pathogenic Fungal Genera

This study compares fungal communities in regenerative agriculture (RA) and conventional agriculture (CA) plots, finding higher fungal diversity and reduced pathogenic fungi in RA vegetable plots.

Weather and leaf age separately contribute to temporal shifts in phyllosphere community structure and composition

The paper investigates how weather and leaf age influence fungal community structure and composition over time on sagebrush leaves.

Soil to human health continuum: Exploring ergothioneine and mycorrhizal fungi in shaping the wheat microbiome

This study investigates how soil ergothioneine (ERGO) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) affect wheat root and soil microbiome composition and ERGO uptake in greenhouse experiments.

Host specificity of fungal functional groups covaries with elevation: implications for intraspecific plant interactions

The paper examines how fungal functional groups vary with elevation and their role in intraspecific plant competition.

An ancient plant symbiotic fungus with distinct features identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging

The paper identifies an ancient endomycorrhizal fungus in a 407-million-year-old plant using advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging techniques.

Fungal communities in long-term contaminated soils within a former radium production area

The study examines fungal community diversity and composition in radium-contaminated soils over 60 years, finding no significant alpha diversity differences but noting shifts in taxa abundance linked to stress resistance and symbiosis.

Tropical Forest Soil Microbiome Modulates Leaf Heat Tolerance More Strongly Under Warming than Ambient Conditions

This study shows that soil microbiome changes under warming conditions significantly affect leaf heat tolerance in tropical plants, with fungal pathogens playing a key role.

Beneficial fungi are major drivers of root fungal microbiome assembly and network robustness

This study shows that soil disturbance reduces root fungal microbiome network robustness, with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi playing a key role in maintaining stability.

Modulatory effect of plasma-activated water on arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Lotus japonicus

This study investigates how plasma-activated water affects arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Lotus japonicus, showing modulatory effects dependent on exposure time and irrigation duration.

Functional traits of ectomycorrhizal trees influence their effects on surrounding soil organic matter properties

The paper examines how functional traits of ectomycorrhizal tree genera influence soil organic matter properties, finding consistent differences among Quercus, Carya, and Tilia.

Comparative transcriptomics uncovers plant and fungal genetic determinants of mycorrhizal compatibility

This study identifies plant and fungal genetic factors governing ectomycorrhizal compatibility through comparative transcriptomics in poplar and its fungal partners.

Needle in a haystack: culturing plant-beneficial Helotiales lineages from plant roots

The paper isolates and characterizes plant-beneficial Helotiales fungi from alpine non-mycorrhizal plants, showing they are common and potentially beneficial.

Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants

The paper identifies an ancestral gene network involved in intracellular symbiosis in plants, showing its conservation and convergent recruitment across different symbiotic systems.

Evaluating Mycorrhizal association of Funneliformis mosseae and Glomus macrocarpum with Solanum melongena L.( brinjal) using proteomics and system biology approaches.

The paper compares the proteomic profiles of Solanum melongena associated with two AMF species, identifying differentially expressed proteins and their functional pathways.

Land-use changes impact root-fungal network connectivity in a global biodiversity hotspot

The paper examines how land-use changes affect root-fungal network connectivity in Sumatra's rainforests, finding reduced fungal diversity and connectivity in monoculture plantations.

Phylogenetically distant but cohabiting: Fungal communities of fine roots in Diphasiastrum complanatum, Pinus sylvestris, and Vaccinium myrtillus in a Lithuanian pine forest

The paper compares fungal communities in fine roots of three phylogenetically distant plants in a Lithuanian forest, finding differences in diversity and mycorrhizal associations.

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis evolved independently and by convergent gene duplication in rosid lineages

The paper identifies 16 independent origins of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis in rosid lineages and finds convergent gene duplications in cell wall remodeling genes.

Environmental gradients retain the key dimensions of the root economics space at the community level

The paper examines community-level root trait coordination and finds it retains key dimensions of the root economics space while showing context-dependent deviations from species-level patterns.

Nitrogen deposition reshapes plant nutrient acquisition strategies: a meta-analysis within the root economics space

This study shows nitrogen deposition shifts plant nutrient strategies by increasing root exploration and exploitation while reducing mycorrhizal reliance, with differing impacts on woody and herbaceous plants.

Spatiotemporal dynamics and assembly process differ in fungal communities across contiguous habitats in tropical forests

The paper examines fungal community composition across contiguous habitats in tropical forests, finding that spatial scale and habitat influence assembly processes differently, with deterministic and stochastic factors shaping communities in leaves/twigs versus soil.

Maximum entropy networks show that plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal associations are anti-nested and modular

The paper analyzes plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks using maximum entropy models and finds they are anti-nested and modular across different habitats and scales.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal genotype and nuclear organization as driving factors in host plant nutrient acquisition and stable carbon storage

This study shows that AMF genotype and nuclear organization affect plant biomass, nutrient uptake, and soil carbon storage in Sudan-grass.

Plant interaction traits determine the biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria in soil

The paper investigates how plant interaction traits influence arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacterial biomass in soil using lipid analysis and Bayesian modeling.

The evolution of signalling and monitoring in plant-fungal networks

The paper examines the evolutionary stability of plant signaling in mycorrhizal networks and proposes two alternative explanations for observed defense upregulation in connected plants.

Exploring environmental microfungal diversity through serial single cell screening

The paper presents a framework for exploring environmental microfungal diversity using serial single-cell screening and long-read sequencing to identify potentially new fungal taxa.

Lower spatial turnover of rare fungal taxa dominantly shaped by stochastic processes in grassland soils

The paper examines spatial turnover patterns of rare and abundant fungal taxa in grassland soils, finding that rare taxa exhibit lower turnover rates due to stochastic processes compared to deterministic processes in abundant taxa.

Fine root endophytes forming winter mycorrhiza

This study shows that fine root endophytes colonize plants in winter when photosynthesis is limited, unlike arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and may support winter soil ecosystems.

Common symbiotic signalling pathway not essential for formation of functional mutualisms with endophytic fungi

The paper investigates whether the Common Symbiotic Signalling Pathway (CSSP) is involved in mutualistic symbioses with Mucoromycotina fine root endophytes (MFRE) and finds it is not essential for their formation.

Breaking boundaries: fungi in the ''rhizoctonia'' species complex exhibit systemic colonization in three terrestrial orchid species

The paper investigates the systemic colonization of OrM rhizoctonias in three terrestrial orchid species, finding that these fungi are present in roots, stems, leaves, and reproductive structures.