The Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Regulating Crops Growth and Improving Soil Fertility
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1694
Special Issue Editors
Interests: arbuscular mycorrhiza; citrus; drought stress; glomalin; polyamines
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Dear Colleagues,
Mycorrhizal fungi are a group of beneficial soil fungi, widely distributed in various ecosystems, which can colonize the roots of 72% of terrestrial plants and establish a reciprocal symbiosis, thus creating an organism between plants and mycorrhizal fungi. With the deepening of research regarding mycorrhizal fungi, their plant-related functions have been uncovered, such as improving plant growth, fruit quality, nutrient acquisition, stress tolerance, and so on. However, when compared with the mycorrhizal roles in plant physiological studies, mycorrhizal research concerning soil fertility is relatively undeveloped, being more centered on potting conditions, making its application to field crops seem slow. In spite of this, mycorrhizal fungi, as an important way of sustainable agricultural production, remain a promising friendly fungal biostimulant. This has also attracted research in the field of crops, especially corn, rice, soybean, and horticultural plants.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to illuminate the intrinsic mechanisms of mycorrhizal fungi in regulating crop growth, and also to predict and clarify the mechanisms by which mycorrhizal fungi improve soil fertility in crops. This Special Issue welcomes all types of articles, especially constructive reviews, commentaries, and field studies.
Prof. Dr. Qiang-Sheng Wu
Prof. Dr. Yuejun He
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mycorrhiza
- endophyte
- symbiosis
- glomalin
- rhizosphere
- sustainable agriculture
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