The samples were observed with a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM, Leica TCS SP2, Leica Microsystems Srl, Milan, Italy) exciting at 488 and 543 nm. A 40 × long-distance water immersion ...

Some stringy fungi are tough negotiators, trading nutrients shrewdly with plants. An advance in tracking the nutrient phosphorus has revealed new details of ancient trading networks between fungi ...

Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship. The fungi colonize plant roots and help them absorb nutrients. In return ...

Timothy Robb peers into a microscope to reveal the underground realm of ... threading through the soil in every direction. One type of this fungi, known as arbuscular mycorrhizal, attaches directly to ...

In this mutually beneficial relationship, soil-borne arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi supply plants with water and phosphorus, which the plants accept in exchange for carbon molecules. These exchanges ...

In this mutually beneficial relationship, soil-borne arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi supply plants with water and phosphorus, which the plants accept in exchange for carbon molecules. These exchanges ...

In the study, the research team worked with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. These are known to colonize the roots of land plants. The plants benefit from this because the fungus provides them with ...

Fungi, specifically those that are “mycorrhizal,” are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition. But which of the mycorrhizal feeding strategies yields the ...

Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Nature Microbiology (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01520-w ...

These are sent down to their roots, where they are taken up by so-called mycorrhizal fungi. In exchange, the fungi provide the plants with water and essential nutrients from the soil, like ...