About this Research Topic
Mycorrhizal symbiosis between plant roots and soil fungi improves significantly the plant nutrition, tolerance of biotic and abiotic stress, and contributes thus to a better adaptation of plants towards environmental conditions as linked to climate change. Beneficial effects of such symbiotic interactions have been known since a while, focalizing research to a number of topics concerning the mechanisms of establishment and functioning of these fungal-root interactions. Moreover, the hidden network of fungal hyphae in the soil contributes to carbon storage. In a wider context of increasing challenges for plant growth and tolerance, mycorrhizal interactions as part of the whole soil biome are of interest in natural ecosystems and for application in agriculture.
The goal of this Research Topic is to bring together current research concerning mycorrhizal research at different levels, from molecular and functional analyses to more integrated studies of ecosystems and practical applications. The Research Topic will reflect increasing fundamental knowledge and its direct translation into ecological and sustainable praxes for plant growth, soil management, maintenance of ecosystems and agricultural progress. Studies might be focalized to the fungal or plant partners in the frame of symbiotic associations or to their impact with respect to environmental stress, also linked to global climate change.
We expect contributions to be included in the Research Topic involving:
• Mechanisms of establishment and functioning of mycorrhizal interactions
• Impact of mycorrhizal symbiosis on plant performance and soil functioning
• Management of beneficial soil-fungi-root interactions for better plant growth and adaptation
The Research Topic covering recent advances in fundamental and applied research on different levels focalizes on all kind of mycorrhizal symbioses. We aim to demonstrate increasing knowledge on these beneficial microbe-plant interactions together with their direct impact on plant and ecosystem performance as well as open questions and challenges.
The Research Topic invites all authors from the field of mycorrhizal research, and especially participants of the 7th French Mycorrhizal Days in Montpellier in May 2024. We invite researchers to contribute Original Research articles, Methods, Reviews, Mini-Reviews, Perspectives or Opinion articles.
The goal of this Research Topic is to bring together current research concerning mycorrhizal research at different levels, from molecular and functional analyses to more integrated studies of ecosystems and practical applications. The Research Topic will reflect increasing fundamental knowledge and its direct translation into ecological and sustainable praxes for plant growth, soil management, maintenance of ecosystems and agricultural progress. Studies might be focalized to the fungal or plant partners in the frame of symbiotic associations or to their impact with respect to environmental stress, also linked to global climate change.
We expect contributions to be included in the Research Topic involving:
• Mechanisms of establishment and functioning of mycorrhizal interactions
• Impact of mycorrhizal symbiosis on plant performance and soil functioning
• Management of beneficial soil-fungi-root interactions for better plant growth and adaptation
The Research Topic covering recent advances in fundamental and applied research on different levels focalizes on all kind of mycorrhizal symbioses. We aim to demonstrate increasing knowledge on these beneficial microbe-plant interactions together with their direct impact on plant and ecosystem performance as well as open questions and challenges.
The Research Topic invites all authors from the field of mycorrhizal research, and especially participants of the 7th French Mycorrhizal Days in Montpellier in May 2024. We invite researchers to contribute Original Research articles, Methods, Reviews, Mini-Reviews, Perspectives or Opinion articles.
Keywords: Mycorrhiza, Symbiosis, Root, Plant Nutrition, Environmental Stress, Beneficial Interaction, Microbiome, Adaption, Tolerance
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