Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are tiny fungi that live in harmony with plants, sharing their genetic diversity and creating a vibrant atmosphere in plant roots and with below-ground microbes.

Arbuscular mycorrhiza is the most common form of symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant. The fungal hyphae penetrate plant cells and develop branching ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has used a modeling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve ...

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 ...

Many key crop species have been shown to be able to form mutualistic symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. This is leading to the development of novel approaches in crop breeding and ...