The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sustainable maintenance of plant health and soil fertility

By P. Jeffries, S. Gianinazzi, S. Perotto, K. Turnau, J. Barea. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2002

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Abstract. Beneficial plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere are primary determinants of plant health and soil fertility. Arbuscular mycorrhizas are the most important microbial symbioses for the majority of plants and, under conditions of P-limitation, influence plant community development, nutrient uptake, water relations and above-ground productivity. They also act as bioprotectants against pathogens and toxic stresses. This review discusses the mechanism by which these benefits are conferred through abiotic and biotic interactions in the rhizosphere. Attention is paid to the conservation of biodiversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Examples are provided in which the ecology of AMF has been taken into account and has had an impact in landscape regeneration, horticulture, alleviation of desertification and in the bioremediation of contaminated soils. It is vital that soil scientists and agriculturalists pay due attention to the management of AMF in any schemes to increase, restore or maintain soil fertility.

Subfields: Pharmacology, Plant Science

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Do tree-based intercropping systems increase the diversity and stability of soil microbial communities? (2009, background): “The multiple beneficial effects of these symbionts on plant growth are well known (e.g., Jeffries et al., 2003), and AMF community assembly is the focus of an increasing amount of theoretical work on ecosystem functioning (e.g., Maherali and Klironomos, 2007).”
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The mosaic of habitats in the high-altitude Brazilian rupestrian fields is a hotspot for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2012, background): “, 2008), enhances water absorption capacity and increases the resistance of the plant root system to pathogen attacks (Jeffries et al., 2003; de Souza et al., 2008).”
Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Agricultural Sustainability—A Review (2016, background): “The PGPM can be classified into three dominant groups of microorganisms: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) [107], plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) [108], and nitrogen fixing rhizobia [109], which are deemed to be beneficial to plant growth and nutrition.”
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