A crop scientist who grew up in Nigeria is working with hundreds of researchers and thousands of farmers to improve crop ...

These fungi can envelop the roots or even penetrate their outer layers, as is true with a type called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. And as with the human microbiome, the question of what constitutes ...

Just beneath your feet, an ancient and silent alliance endures. This alliance between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is one of the oldest biological partnerships on Earth. Going back ...

arbuscule - a highly branched fungal structure occurring within the cortical cells of roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Sylvia et al. 2005) biocontrol - the use of microorganisms to ...

Seeding the soil with "friendly fungus" is considered a promising technology for future sustainable farming. Research conducted into planting one particular variety - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ...

And that’s where farmers can intervene. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) is a granule, combined with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that can be added to seed mixtures.

The Symbiosis station discusses parasitism and mutualism — types of symbiosis — at more length. One type of mutualistic fungi is mycorrhizal fungi, which have a symbiotic relationship with many plants ...

“No organism lives in isolation,” explains Natural History Museum scientist Dr Silvia Pressel. The associations between plants and certain soil fungi, called mycorrhizal fungi, remain crucial. They’re ...

Playing a monotonous sound stimulates the activity of a fungus that promotes plant growth, according to a study released on Wednesday, raising the possibility that playing music could benefit ...

There are three general categories of fungus associated with tree wood: beneficial fungi (mycorrhizal), secondary fungal growth (passive consumers of dead wood), and pathogenic fungi (infectious ...

Fungi don't have eyes or a brain, but their intelligent behaviors may surprise you. New research suggests that fungi may be able to recognize shapes. Can organisms without a brain still show signs ...