Mycorrhizal Fungi and Sustainable Development of Agriculture

Submission Deadline: 10 January 2021 (closed)

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Summary

Soil mycorrhizal fungi are one of the common groups of biological organisms with land’s plants such as forests, crops, and grasslands. Mycorrhizal fungi colonize plant roots to form mycorrhizal symbiosis, which regulates nutrient uptake of host plants along with exchange of plant’s carbohydrates.

In general, the mycorrhizal symbiotic relationship is direct and stable, which is conducive to the symbiotic survival and adaptation to the external natural environment. In recent years, with the change in global climate, all kinds of adverse environment have become more frequent, which seriously affects the sustainable development of agriculture.

A large number of studies have shown that symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi helped host plants to resist adverse environment through various morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms. This effect gives a broad space for the sustainable development of agriculture. However, many problems still need to be solved, such as the propagation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, the analysis of resistance mechanism, the application and evaluation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in farmland.

This special issue is proposed to explore the latest advances in the topic. The manuscripts are welcome to focus on the following topics:

1) Mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth of various plants;

2) Improvement of soil fertility after inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi;

3) Physiological mechanisms regarding mycorrhizal fungi-enhanced stress tolerance of host plants;

4) Molecular analysis of mycorrhizal fungi-enhanced stress tolerance of host plants;

5) Mycorrhizal fungi and ecological stability of agriculture and forestry;

6) Mycorrhizal fungal roles in nutrient absorption under nutrient stress conditions;

7) Combination of mycorrhizal fungi and other microorganisms into plants;

8) Mycorrhizal fungal application in farmland and orchards.

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