Rhizophagus irregularis – Page 3

Microbes as Teachers: Rethinking Knowledge in the Anthropocene

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This paper argues that microbes should be viewed as teachers offering crucial wisdom about how to solve today’s environmental crises. Rather than seeing microbes as passive subjects to be studied, the author proposes recognizing them as intelligent, collaborative partners that have successfully managed Earth’s systems for billions of years. The paper provides practical suggestions for changing education, policy, and how we design cities and agriculture to work with microbial processes rather than against them.

Plant–Fungi Mutualism, Alternative Splicing, and Defense Responses: Balancing Symbiosis and Immunity

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Fungi and plants form partnerships that help plants grow better and resist stress, with fungi receiving sugars from plants in return for nutrients from the soil. This review explains how a cellular process called alternative splicing acts like a molecular switch that lets plants accept beneficial fungi while keeping the ability to fight off harmful pathogens. Understanding this balance could help farmers grow healthier crops with less chemical pesticides and fertilizers.

Halotolerant Endophytic Fungi: Diversity, Host Plants, and Mechanisms in Plant Salt–Alkali Stress Alleviation

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Over 1.3 billion hectares of farmland worldwide suffer from excess salt and alkalinity, drastically reducing crop yields. Special fungi that live inside plant tissues can help crops survive in these harsh conditions without harming them. These fungi work by helping plants manage salt accumulation, boost their natural defenses, and produce protective compounds. While laboratory tests show promising results with yield increases up to 40%, practical field application remains challenging due to environmental variables.

In Vitro Mycorrhization for Plant Propagation and Enhanced Resilience to Environmental Stress: A Review

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This review explains how scientists are using special laboratory techniques to grow fungal partnerships with plants that boost plant health and stress tolerance. By combining plant propagation with beneficial fungi in controlled conditions, researchers can produce stronger plants that survive droughts, diseases, and other environmental challenges. These techniques offer promise for sustainable farming and addressing food security concerns as climate change impacts agriculture.

Cellular anatomy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

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This comprehensive review explains the unique cellular structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which form vast underground networks connecting plants to soil nutrients. These fungi are remarkable because their hyphae lack internal walls, allowing nutrients and organelles to flow freely throughout their continuous cytoplasm. By synthesizing current knowledge about how these fungi are organized and function at the cellular level, the authors highlight how this organization enables the complex nutrient exchange that supports plant growth and ecosystem health worldwide.

Review: roles of mycorrhizal symbioses and associated soil microbiomes in ecological restoration

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This comprehensive review explains how underground fungal networks and soil microbes are essential for restoring damaged lands, particularly those contaminated by mining or pollution. The research shows that using native fungal communities from early successional stages, rather than introduced or late-stage species, significantly improves restoration success. Specific plant species like fescues work particularly well with these fungal partners, and combining different microbial species creates synergistic effects that boost plant growth and reduce contaminants in soil.

Characterization of Endoglucanase (GH9) Gene Family in Tomato and Its Expression in Response to Rhizophagus irregularis and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

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This study examined how tomato plants regulate genes that break down and remodel cellulose in cell walls during interactions with beneficial fungi and harmful pathogens. Beneficial mycorrhizal fungi boost the expression of these genes, leading to larger leaves and better plant growth. When pathogens attack, these genes are turned down to strengthen the cell wall defense. This demonstrates how plants balance growth and defense depending on their microbial environment.

Fungal Evolution: Major Ecological Adaptations and Evolutionary Transitions

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This research explores how fungi have evolved and adapted throughout history to become one of Earth’s most diverse and successful groups of organisms. The study examines how fungi transitioned from water to land, developed different lifestyles, and formed relationships with plants and animals. Impacts on everyday life: – Understanding fungal evolution helps us combat fungal diseases that affect crops, animals and humans – Knowledge of fungal adaptations aids in developing better antifungal treatments and agricultural practices – Insights into fungal symbiosis with plants can improve agricultural productivity – Understanding fungal diversity helps harness beneficial fungi for medicine, food production and biotechnology – Research on fungal ecology helps predict and manage fungal responses to climate change

Stochastic Nuclear Organization and Host-Dependent Allele Contribution in Rhizophagus irregularis

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This research investigates how a beneficial soil fungus that forms partnerships with plants maintains genetic diversity within individual fungi. The study reveals that these fungi have a complex and dynamic genetic organization that can change depending on which plant they interact with. This has important implications for agriculture and ecosystem health. Impacts on everyday life: – Better understanding of how beneficial fungi help plants grow could lead to improved crop yields – Insights into plant-fungal partnerships could help develop more sustainable farming practices – Knowledge of fungal genetics could help select better fungal strains for specific crops – Understanding these relationships helps explain how plants and fungi have co-evolved successfully for millions of years – Could lead to reduced need for chemical fertilizers in agriculture

The Interaction Between Hydromulching and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Improves Escarole Growth and Productivity by Regulating Nutrient Uptake and Hormonal Balance

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This research shows how combining beneficial soil fungi with an eco-friendly mulching technique can significantly improve lettuce-like vegetable growth. The study found that when these two approaches are used together, plants grow better by more efficiently using nutrients and maintaining optimal hormone levels. This has important real-world implications: • Provides farmers with a sustainable way to increase crop yields without relying on chemical fertilizers • Helps reduce agricultural plastic waste by using biodegradable mulching materials • Demonstrates how natural biological partnerships can improve food production • Offers solutions for growing food more efficiently in Mediterranean climates • Shows potential for reducing water usage in agriculture while maintaining crop productivity

Fungal Species: Rhizophagus irregularis