Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and productivity of agricultural systems

Returning to the content I have published on mycorrhizal symbiosis, today I will mention that there is scientific evidence that makes it clear that arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis plays a fundamental role in the functioning and productivity of agricultural systems to the point that, in some taxa of plants of agricultural interest, mycorrhizae are essential for their survival.

▶ There is also strong evidence that the effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis depends on both the genotype of the fungus and the host plant, i.e., the response of a particular plant species depends on the associated AMF strain and, similarly, the performance of a given AMF species depends on the plant species.

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The functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis varies not only at the fungal species level (interspecific diversity), but also between different isolates of a single AMF species (intraspecific diversity)..

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