Vol. 124, No. 6, Special Issue on Root traits benefitting crop production in environments with limited water and nutrient availability (November 2019), pp. 1109-1119 (11 pages) • Background and Aims ...

A walk through a forest is a treat for the senses. Just stop and look, listen, and touch what is around you. The sunlight ...

Most plants form symbioses with mycorrhizal fungi since their emergence on land hundreds of millions of years ago. Depending on the availability of carbon (C), these symbioses employ two nutrient ...

Fungi, specifically those that are “mycorrhizal,” are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition. But which of the mycorrhizal feeding strategies yields the greatest ...

Researchers have found that mycorrhizas promote greater tree species diversity in North American forests. Fungi, specifically those that are "mycorrhizal," are natural allies of the forest because ...

You’ve probably heard the stories: that through an intricate network of underground fungi, trees send nutrients and warning signals back and forth to one another. In Pulitzer Prize-wining novels, New ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Forest dynamics are shaped by both abiotic and biotic factors. Trees associating with different types of mycorrhizal fungi differ in nutrient ...

FREDONIA, N.Y. — Of the many mysteries of nature, the idea of plant communication is especially enigmatic. But decades of research has found that trees communicate in many ways. To do so, they ...