The mutualistic, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are thought to have been asexual for approximately 400 million years3,4. ... E. Stöckli and H. Reichert for use of the confocal microscope, ...

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of most plants, including soybean. Previous research has shown that these fungi can reduce the severity of plant ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have no ability to capture carbon themselves, though they need it to live. Instead, they have traded with plants for the resource for some 450 million years (SN: 9/10 ...

Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Nitrogen Uptake of Plants: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps. Agronomy, 2015; 5 (4): 587 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy5040587; ...

Ancestral mitoviruses discovered in mycorrhizal fungi. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 05 / 230511164621.htm ...

In what is a hugely promising sign for securing and boosting food production, a large-scale field study has demonstrated how treating farmland soil with mycorrhizal fungi can improve crop yields ...

Fungi, specifically those that are “mycorrhizal,” are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition. But which of the mycorrhizal feeding strategies yields the ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – which penetrate the root and form highly branched structures for nutrient exchange – are most commonly found, and are associated with most plant species. ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drive nutrient flows along ‘trunk routes’ of the network, illuminating the design principles of a symbiotic supply-chain network shaped by millions of years of natural ...