A biological mechanism makes plant roots more hospitable to microbes. Researchers at the John Innes Centre have identified a ...

Soil Micro-organisms and Plant Roots (1949 ... A diffusible factor from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induces symbiosis-specific MtENOED11 expression in roots of Medicago truncatula.

“No organism lives in isolation,” explains Natural History Museum scientist Dr Silvia Pressel. The associations between plants and certain soil fungi, called mycorrhizal fungi, remain crucial. They’re ...

"We're reliant on these cheap inputs that are no longer cheap," says soil ecologist Adam Cobb, whose research focuses on mycorrhizal fungi. He notes that farmers are then subject to the whims of a ...

Beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes play a critical role in agriculture, providing sustainable ...

Today, it is estimated that more than 80% of land plants, representing over 90% of plant families, form nutritional symbioses with soil-dwelling fungi. These associations are known as ‘mycorrhiza’, or ...

Now, we know that termites cultivate monocultures of fungi ... The soil fungus Morchella crassipes, also known as thick-footed morel, is a decomposer as well as a beneficial mycorrhizal fungus ...

“See this?” In her cupped hands, she holds a palmful of soil flecked with thin, white filaments. “Mycorrhizal fungi,” she says. “It’s joining all these trees together.” Through ...

MAZOR, ISRAEL / ACCESS Newswire / / Groundwork BioAg ®, the world's largest producer of mycorrhizal inoculants, announced a new partnership with Sustainable Travel International, a global leader in ...