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LIVING BIOPESTICIDES. "The role of mycorrhizal fungi in mediating multitrophic interactions in agricultural ecosystems has largely been overlooked, but our findings suggest that there may be potential to develop fungal treatments to enhance crop protection." https://lnkd.in/eVcfufn View in LinkedIn

GENE MINGLING. "Our work suggests that genetic exchange may occur through intermingling of nuclei during anastomosis formation and opens the way to studies of vegetative compatibility in natural populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi." https://lnkd.in/eReY3xe View in LinkedIn

INTIMATE BRIDGES. "Bridges between plants formed by AM fungi can be established both by hyphal growth from one plant to another and by anastomosis where two hyphae of the same isolate fuse together and exchange nuclei." https://lnkd.in/eVcfufn View in LinkedIn

ROOT ALARM SYSTEM. "We present the first experimental evidence that herbivore-induced signalling molecules can be transferred from plants infested with aphids to uninfested neighbours via a common mycelial network." https://lnkd.in/eVcfufn View in LinkedIn

NO DOMINANT FUNGI. "Similar to other soil microbes, soil fungal assemblages are typically very diverse, lack clear dominants, and contain many rare species." https://lnkd.in/ewxacXU View in LinkedIn

FUNGI ROLE. "Fungi play crucial roles in ecosystems, namely as decomposition agents, pathogens, and mycorrhizal symbionts, and these different functional fungal groups are most likely influenced by distinctive environmental parameters." https://lnkd.in/ewxacXU View in LinkedIn

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. "Common mycelial networks facilitate seedling establishment, influence plant community composition and are the primary pathways through which many species of non-photosynthetic plants acquire their energy." https://lnkd.in/eVcfufn View in LinkedIn

CROSS SPECIES. "Due to a lack of specificity of AM fungi to their host plants, external mycelia can produce so-called ‘common mycelial networks’ that connect the roots of different species, as well as individuals of the same species." https://lnkd.in/eVcfufn View in LinkedIn

NOT ALWAYS TRUE. "Networks formed between multiple plant species are not necessarily beneficial for the abundance of the fungal partner. This work highlights potential conflict between what is optimal for the host and what is optimal for the fungal partner in multi-partner settings." https://lnkd.in/eSPrxUj View in LinkedIn

SAFETY IN NUMBERS. "A major outstanding question is whether fungal networks benefit from being connected to different host species. From a mycocentric point of view, a fungal species connected to different hosts has a more diverse choice of partners and can theoretically obtain a better carbon (C) ‘payback’ for their nutrient exchange." https://lnkd.in/eSPrxUj View in LinkedIn