Record ID No. |
6248 |
Author(s) |
Kamel L.*, Keller-Pearson M., Roux C. and Ané J.-M. , 2017 |
Affiliation |
*Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Vegetales, Universite de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville, BP 42617, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France |
Title |
Biology and Evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in the light of genomics. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
New Phytologist. 213:531-536. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Reviews |
Host |
NA |
Organism |
NA |
Country |
France |
Abstracts |
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with the vast majority of land plants, providing mutual nutritional benefits and protecting hosts against biotic and abiotic stresses. Significant
progress was made recently in our understanding of the genomic organization, the obligate requirements, and the sexual nature of these fungi through the release and subsequent mining of genome sequences. Genomic and genetic approaches also improved our understanding of the
signal repertoire used by AM fungi and their plant hosts to recognize each other for the initiation and maintenance of this association. Evolutionary and bioinformatic analyses of host and
nonhost plant genomes represent novel ways with which to decipher host mechanisms
controlling these associations and shed light on the stepwise acquisition of this genetic toolkit during plant evolution. Mining fungal and plant genomes along with evolutionary and genetic approaches will improve understanding of these symbiotic associations and, in the long term,
their usefulness in agricultural settings. |