Camellia is a genus of evergreen shrubs or trees, such as C. japonica, sinensis, oleifera, etc. A group beneficial soil microorganisms, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), inhabit the rhizosphere these spp. total eight genera Acaulospora, Entrophospora, Funneliformis, Gigaspora, Glomus, Pacispora, Scutellospora, and Sclerocystis were found to be associated with plants Glomus and/or Acaulospora ...

Secondary metabolites released by invasive plants can increase their competitive ability by affecting native plants, herbivores, and pathogens at the invaded land. Whether these secondary metabolites affect the invasive plant itself, directly or indirectly through microorganisms, however, has not been well documented. Here we tested whether activated carbon (AC), a well-known absorbent for seco...

Below-ground (BG) symbionts of plants can have substantial influence on plant growth and nutrition. Recent work demonstrates that mycorrhizal fungi can affect plant resistance to herbivory and the performance of above- (AG) and BG herbivores. Although these examples emerge from diverse systems, it is unclear if plant species that express similar defensive traits respond similarly to fungal colo...

We understand little about the factors that determine and maintain local species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), the reasons why a single plant has multiple AMF partners, and how that diversity influences host plant performance. The extent to which co-occurring AMF species occupy different niche space, based on their ability to tolerate different soil conditions or differential...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important to agriculture due positive effects on development and resistance attack by herbivores in agricultural crops. AMF can affect a single plant directly colonizing its roots two or more plants through the common network (CMN). This work aimed analyze influence of Phaseolus vulgaris incidence mite Tetranychus urticae bean colonized propagules linked C...

1 Below-ground organisms influence above-ground interactions in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Among the most important below-ground organisms are mycorrhizal fungi, comprising ubiquitous and ancient plant mutualists that have significant effects on plant growth and fitness mediated by resource exchange with plants. In the present study, we focus on the effects of arbuscular mycorrhi...

(The effect of different soil properties on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of peanuts, sorghum and maize). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important for plant growth since they increase mineral influx. However, symbiosis efficiency is affected by many environmental factors. This study evaluated the effects of different treatments (+/phosphorus; +/liming; +/organic matter; field, san...

Abstract In this study, we investigated the interactive effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Rhizophagus irregularis and soil bacteriomes on maize growth under salt stress (100 mM NaCl) also effect infection levels. We found that directly promoted indirectly enhanced biomass by increasing colonization levels, irrespective stress. Although R. itself had no growth-promoting even at a hi...

Plant colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is widespread and can offer considerable benefits in terms of growth, nutrient uptake plant yield. However, it still unresolved how different species functional groups respond to AMF taxa. Here we established 336 grassland microcosms determine the response 14 displaying contrasting (grasses, legumes non-leguminous forbs) for presence thre...