Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhiza-forming fungi make necessary feeding upon the host plant cells without killing the plant and derive their food from host-plant. Arbuscular mycorrhiza generates the mass on the root cells and forms some peculiar structures (arbuscules) within the cell. These cell structures are actually the sites where the give-and-take of nutrients between the fungi and plant takes place. Extracellular networks which spreads in all possible directions into the surrounding soil and reach to locations where nutrient concentration is very low and make available food, minerals and other nutrients exclusively PO4 2ā and NO3 ā for the plant. The host plant provides the symbiotic partner food for life activities. Arbuscular mycorrhiza-forming fungi provides sustainable soil health by improving soil structure, defence mechanism against plant root pathogens, provide availability of essential plant nutrients (Zn, Cu, Fe, Ca, Mg and NPK), tillage, bio-control of pests and play efficient role in phytoremediation.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Aragno M (2005) The rhizosphere: a hot spot of bacterial density? In: Satyanarayana T, Johri BN (eds) Microbial diversiy: current perspectives and potential applications. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, pp 261ā284
Bainard LD, Kliromonas JN, Gordon AM (2011) The mycorrhizal status and colonization of 26 tree species growing in urban and rural environments. Mycorrhiza 21:91ā96
Bethlenfalvay GJ, Barea JM (1994) Mycorrhizae in sustainable agriculture. 1. Effects on seed yield and soil aggregation. Am J Altern Agric 9:157ā161
Bhalerao SA (2013) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a potential biotechnological tool for phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils. Int J Sci Nat 4:1ā15
Bond W, Grundy AC (2001) Non-chemical weed management in organic farming systems. Weed Res 41:383ā405
Bonfante P, Bergero R, Uribe X, Romera C, Rigau J, Pulgdomenech P (1996) Transcrptional activation of a maize Ī±-tubulin gene in mycorrhizal maize and transgenic tobacco plants. Plant J 9:737ā743
Borowicz V (2001) Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter plant-pathogen relations? Ecology 82:3057ā3068
Bronick CJ, Lal R (2005) Soil structure and management: a review. Geoderma 124:3ā22
Cardinale M, Brusetti L, Lanza A, Orlando S, Daffonchio D, Puglia AM, Quatrini P (2010) Rehabilitation of mediteranean anthropogenic soils using symbiotic wild legume shrubs: plant establishment and impact on the soil bacterial community structure. Appl Soil Ecol 46:1ā8
Celik I, Ortas I, Kilic S (2004) Effect of compost mycorrhizal, manure and fertilizer on some physical properties of a chromoxerert soil. Soil Till Res 78:59ā67
Dennis PG, Miller AM, Hirsch PR (2010) Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial coomunities ? FEMS Microbiol Ecol 72:313ā327
Diouf J (2011) Biotechologies for agricultural development. Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Fester T, Lohsea S, Halfmanna K (2007) Chromoplast development in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots. Phytochemistry 68:92ā100
Frank B (1887) Ueber neue Mycorhiza-Formen. Ber deut Bot Ges 5:395ā409
Ghinea L, Åtefanic G, Popescu A, Oprea G (2007) CercetÄri Ć®n domeniul chimiei Åi biologiei solului. Analele I.N.C.D.A. Fundulea. LXXV. Volum Jubiliar
Gianinazzi-Pearson V, Dumas-Gaudot E, Gollotte A, Tahiri-Alaoul A, Gianinazzi S (1996) Cellular and molecular defence related root ressponses to invasion by aruscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytol 133:45ā47
Gosling P, Hodge A, Goodlass G, Bending GD (2006) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic farming. Agric Ecosyst Environ 113:17ā35
Hakeem KR, Akhtar MS, Abdullah SNA (2016) Plant, soil and microbes ā vol 1, Implications in crop science. Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, 366 pp
Hause B, Schaarschmidt S (2009) The role of jasmonates in mutualistic symbioses between plants and soil-born microorganisms. Phytochemistry 70:1589ā1599
Jones DL, Hodge A, Kuzyakov Y (2004) Plant and mycorrhizal regulation of rhizodeposition. New Phytol 163:459ā480
Jonhson NC, Graham JH, Smith FA (2010) Functioning of mycorrhizal associations along the mutualism-parasitism continuum. New Phytol 135:575ā585
Kahiluoto H, Ketoja E, Vestberg M (2011) Plant-available P supply is not the main factor determining the benefit from arbuscular mycorrhiza to crop P nutrition and growth in contrasting cropping systems. doi:10.1007/s11104-011-0884-x
Karagiannidis N, Bletsos F, Stavropoulos N (2002) Effect of Verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae Kleb.) and mycorrhiza (Glomus mosseae) on root colonization, growth and nutrient uptake in tomato and eggplant seedlings. Sci Hortic 94:145ā156
Marschner H, Dell B (1994) Nutrient uptake in mycorrhizal symbiosis. Plant Soil 159:89ā102
Martinez TN, Johnson NC (2010) Agricultural management influences propagule densities and functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizas in low and high input agroecosystems in arid environment. Appl Soil Ecol 46:300ā306
Ortas I, Sari N, Akpinar C, Yetisir A (2011) Screening mycorrhiza species for growth, P and Zn uptake in pepper seedling grown under greenhouse conditions. Sci Hortic 128:92ā98
Paliyath G, Murr DP, Handa AK, Lurie S (2008) Postharvest biology and technology of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Wiley-Blackwell. Phylogeny and evolution. Myco Res 105:1413ā1421
Popa D, HÄnescu V, GrebeniÅan I, CĆ¢mpeanu C, Constantin C, Apostol T (2008) AplicaÅ£ii ale micorizelor arbusculare Ć®n stabilizarea haldelor de zgurÄ Åi cenuÅÄ. Universitaria, Craiova, 120 pp
Pringle A, Bever JD, Gardes M, Parrent JL, Rilling MC, Klironomos JN (2009) Mycorrhizal symbioses and plant invasion. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 40:699ā715
Remy W, Taylor TN, Hass H, Kerp H (1994) Four hundred million year old vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91:11841ā11843
Samuil C (2007) Tehnologii de agriculturÄ ecologicÄ. U.S.A.M.V, IaÅi
Smith FA, Grace EJ, Smith SE (2009) More than a carbon economy: nutrient trade and ecological sustainability in facultative arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses. New Phytol 182:347ā358
Toma C, Toma I (2004) Simbioza micorizianÄ. Lucrare prezentatÄ la Zilele Academice IeÅene, 25
Vance CP, Uhde-Stone C, Allan DL (2003) Phosphorous acquisition and use: critical adaptations by plants for securing a nonrenewable resource. New Phytol 157:423ā447
Wang YY, Vestberg M, Walker C, Hurme T, Zhang X, Lindstrom K (2008) Diversity and infectivity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural soils of the Sichuan Province of mainland China. Mycorrhiza 18:59ā68
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
Ā© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
ud din Khanday, M. et al. (2016). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Boon for Plant Nutrition and Soil Health. In: Hakeem, K., Akhtar, J., Sabir, M. (eds) Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34451-5_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34451-5_14
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-34449-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-34451-5
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)