Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi Found Living Inside Stems, Leaves and Seeds
Fungi once assumed to colonize orchid roots from soil have been detected in stems, leaves, capsules and seeds of three ...
Tag: mycorrhizal fungi
Herbicide Added to Growth Medium Boosts Germination of Threatened Prairie Orchid
Adding the ABA-inhibiting herbicide fluridone to asymbiotic growth medium raised germination of the threatened orchid Platanthera leucophaea to 36 percent ...
Metal-Resistant Fungi Offer New Routes to Shield Plants from Heavy Metal Stress
A review in Plant Cell Reports examines how metal-resistant fungi mitigate heavy metal stress in plants through biosorption, bioaccumulation and ...
AI predicts mycorrhizal colonization, but field validation lags
A review of 34 studies finds that artificial intelligence performs well at analyzing mycorrhizal root images, but limited external and ...
Greenhouse study links soil legacies to competition between invasive annual grasses
A two-phase greenhouse experiment found that soils associated with invasive annual grasses can alter later growth and competition, providing evidence ...
Fungal Partners Shape Forest Carbon: Ectomycorrhizal Trees Boost Biomass but Trim Diversity
A study of six hectares of Chinese transition-zone forest finds that ectomycorrhizal tree dominance strongly predicts higher aboveground biomass while ...
New Open-Source Pipeline Turns Thousands of Sanger Sequences into Named Species in Minutes
A new open-source bioinformatic pipeline called MycorrhizaTracer automates the processing and taxonomic classification of thousands of Sanger DNA sequences, resolving ...
Supercharged Biochar Doubles Grape Yields and Helps Vines Beat Drought
A four-year field trial in semi-arid Iran found that biochar enriched with chitosan, fulvic acid, brassinosteroid, and beneficial microbes doubled ...
Fungi-Savvy Herbs Thrive in Their Own Soil, Study Finds
A new analysis in Plant and Soil shows that herbaceous plants that respond strongly to mycorrhizal fungi enjoy more favorable ...
Mapping Europe’s Protection Gaps for Threatened Fungi
A continental-scale modeling study reveals that Europe's protected area network leaves the habitats of 33 threatened fungal species largely unprotected ...
Grass Roots Fight Erosion in Compacted Soils, and a New Indicator Shows How
A new study shows that grass roots and their biochemical products dramatically reduce erosion in compacted sandy soils, and introduces ...
Mycorrhizal Fungi Regulate Root-Seed Coordination Globally
In the intricate world of terrestrial plants, a striking diversity in form and function is a hallmark of evolutionary success. ...
