Mycorrhizal fungi suppress aggressive agricultural weeds

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How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology (2020, background): “EcM and ErM fungi may reduce germination and growth of nonhost plants through direct interactions or allelochemicals (77).”
First evidence for a major cover crop effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic maize growth (2013, background): “…nutrient uptake, soil aggregation, and carbon sequestration (Gianinazzi et al. 2010) by means of an extensive extraradical hyphal network spreading from colonized roots into the soil (Avio et al. 2006; Fortuna et al. 2012) and have been regarded as “ agroecosystem engineers ” (Rinaudo et al. 2010).”
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza — a Key Component of Sustainable Plant-Soil Ecosystems (2012, background): “As many agricultural weeds are nonmycorrhizal or originate from ruderal environments where AMF are rare or absent, Rinaudo et al. (2010) hypothesized that AMF may suppress weed growth, a mycorrhizal attribute which has hardly been considered.”