Sentences with word «arbuscular»

There, the native plants» prosperity depends in a large part on microscopic organisms called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

«However, recent work has shown that at least some of the fungal partners in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses lack the genes for enzymes involved in the major pathway of lipid biosynthesis, and are therefore unable to produce certain essential fatty acids,» Gutjahr explains.

A specific group of useful fungi — the so - called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi)-- may be able to help alleviate drought stress in wheat.

«Feeding fat to fungi: Evidence for lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza.»

We examined if it is possible to increase wheat's tolerance to drought by exploiting the plants» symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,» says Associate Professor Sabine Ravnskov from the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University.

Multiscale patterns and drivers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the roots and root ‐ associated soil of a wild perennial herb — Pil U. Rasmussen — New Phytologist

They took their cue from the first sequenced ectomycorrhizal fungus, Laccaria bicolor and the first sequenced arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis - all work done at the DOE JGI - which illuminates the origins and evolution of these enzymes, knowledge to be applied in collaboration for improving biomass breakdown for biofuels production.

Part of the carbon stored this way is used by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which live on the roots of 80 per cent of plant species.

Rice perception of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi requires the karrikin receptor complex

Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Alleviates Restrictions to Substrate Water Flow and Delays Transpiration Limitation to Stronger Drought in Tomato — Michael Bitterlich — Frontiers in Plant Science

Root - associated fungi shared between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal conifers in a temperate forest — Hirokazu Toju, Frontiers in Microbiology

Structural diversity across arbuscular mycorrhizal, ectomycorrhizal, and endophytic plant - fungus networks — Hirokazu Toju — bioRxiv

EXO70I Is Required for Development of a Sub-domain of the Periarbuscular Membrane during Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

Regulation of root morphogenesis in arbuscular mycorrhizae: what role do fungal exudates, phosphate, sugars and hormones play in lateral root formation?

Plants such as coniferous trees that associate with ectomycorrhizal fungi can derive benefits from higher carbon dioxide levels, but plants associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, such as grassland vegetation, can't.

Textbooks tell us that, in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, the host plant supplies its fungal symbionts solely with sugars, in return for inorganic nutrients.

This type of symbiosis is called arbuscular mycorrhizas and is of key importance to sustainable agriculture since it helps crops utilise better the phosphate in fertilisers.

The biosensor system will provide insights into phosphate concentrations within root cells and will help reveal how plants use their symbiotic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi to acquire more phosphate from the surrounding soil.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the interaction between plants and a group of fungi called Glomeromycota.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) influence the ability of crops to absorb nutrients and water, as well as their ability to resist disease.

More than 80 % of all land plants live in so - called arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses with fungi that colonize their root systems.

In 1996, soil microbiologist Sara Wright of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland, found that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi — a type of microscopic fungus that lives symbiotically with plant roots — oozes a sticky protein called glomalin.

Microscopic image showing the spores and hyphae of «friendly» arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus interacting with a plant root.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal and soil microbial communities in African Dark Earths — Tessa Camenzind — FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence decomposition and the associated soil microbial community under different soil phosphorus availability — Jing Xu — Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Improve Tolerance of Agricultural Plants to Cope Abiotic Stress Conditions — Pablo Cornejo, Plant - Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives

The first aspect seeks to understand the basis for the symbiotic relationships between vascular flowering plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.

evidence of local adaptation among plants, soil, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through meta - analysis.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi live in symbiosis with plant roots and are able to store up to 70 percent of organic carbon from leaf litter.