How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi? The team of Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr, director at the Max Planck ...

On the fungi side, underground mycorrhizal networks can serve as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from ...

Grasslands dominated by plants that depend on mycorrhizal fungi store notably more carbon than those with plants that don't depend on them as much. Additionally, as temperatures and rainfall ...

Mycorrhizae (from the Greek words for fungus and root) is a general term describing a symbiotic relationship between a soil fungus and plant root. Unlike rhizobia and their legume partners ...

New research uses advanced robotics to track the hyper-efficient supply chains formed between plants and mycorrhizal fungi as they trade carbon and nutrients across the complex, living networks ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants and tree roots. In return, the fungi receive carbon to grow their ...

Active areas of research include: (1) microbial biogeochemistry of ecosystems in Colorado, Peru and Costa Rica, (2) the role of mycorrhizal fungi in the ecology of wild plants, and (3) biogeography ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mycorrhizal fungi significantly enhance soil organic carbon storage in grasslands by promoting plant diversity and increasing root biomass. Grasslands with ...