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How carbon nanoparticles, arbuscular mycorrhiza, and compost mitigate drought stress in maize plant Universiteit Antwerpen
Drought negatively affects crop growth and development, so it is crucial to develop practical ways to reduce these consequences of water scarcity. The effect of the interactive potential of compost (Comp), mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and carbon nanoparticles (CNPS) on plant growth, photosynthesis rate, primary metabolism, and secondary metabolism was studied as a novel approach to mitigating drought stress in maize plants. Drought stress ...
The impact of forest fragmentation on mycorrhizal communities KU Leuven
Mass conversion of land from a natural to an anthropogenic state has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of natural habitats. This has severe consequences for biodiversity. In this project we study how forest fragmentation affects an important ecological group, the mycorrhizal fungi, and how this group responds to restoration efforts. We focus on two types of mycorrhiza: arbuscular mycorrhiza (formed between 72% of all land plants and ...
Characterization of arbuscular mycorrhizal effector proteins Universiteit Gent Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Comparative genomics and expression levels of hydrophobins from eight mycorrhizal genomes Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Hasselt
Hydrophobins are small secreted proteins that are present as several gene copies in most fungal genomes. Their properties are now well understood: they are amphiphilic and assemble at hydrophilic/hydrophobic interfaces. However, their physiological functions remain largely unexplored, especially within mycorrhizal fungi. In this study, we identified hydrophobin genes and analysed their distribution in eight mycorrhizal genomes. We then ...
The effect of biochar on mycorrhizal fungi mediated nutrient uptake by coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) seedlings grown on a Sandy Regosol Universiteit Gent
Biochar amendment of soil may ameliorate inherently infertile soils, such as in the typical coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) growth areas along tropical coasts, where, moreover, temporary moisture stress commonly occurs. We conducted a pot experiment to evaluate the effects of biochar soil amendment (1% w/w) produced from Gliricidia sepium stems (BC-Gly) and rice husks (BC-RiH) on the growth of coconut seedlings and on N and P uptake mediated by ...
On publishing in Mycorrhiza Universiteit Hasselt
The first issue of Mycorrhiza appeared in September, 1991, thus the journal recently has passed its 25th, Bsilver^ anniversary year. As the world has changed, so has our journal grown, prospered, and most importantly, evolved in response to the progress of mycorrhiza research and the needs of Bmycorrhizasts.^ Herein, we briefly reprise the journal’s past and look forward to the future with especial attention to the important question of how to ...
Spatial variability and environmental drivers of cassava—arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) associations across Southern Nigeria KU Leuven
Cassava, forming starch-rich, tuberous roots, is an important staple crop in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Its relatively good tolerance to drought and nutrient-poor soils may be partly attributed to the crop's association with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF). Yet insights into AMF-community composition and richness of cassava, and knowledge of its environmental drivers are still limited. Here, we sampled 60 cassava fields ...