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 ...

by promoting plant diversity and increasing the amount of biomass allocated to roots. Grasslands dominated by plants that depend on mycorrhizal fungi store notably more carbon than those with ...

truncatula root cells and profiled their gene expression ... "We would like to look at arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in ...

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 ...

Yet mycorrhizal fungi have been solving these ... adding loops to shorten paths so they could efficiently deliver nutrients to plant roots," said Dr. Thomas Shimizu, co-author and biophysicist ...

Yet mycorrhizal fungi have been solving these ... adding loops to shorten paths so they could efficiently deliver nutrients to plant roots” said Dr. Thomas Shimizu, co-author and Biophysicist ...