Record ID No. |
6601 |
Author(s) |
Kothe E.* and Turnau K.** , 2018 |
Affiliation |
*Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. **Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Kraków, Poland. |
Title |
Editorial: Mycorrhizosphere Communication: Mycorrhizal Fungi and Endophytic Fungus-Plant Interactions. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Frontiers in Microbiology. 9(3015). |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Biological Interaction |
Host |
NA |
Organism |
NA |
Country |
Germany |
Abstracts |
Plants do not exist as single entities but should rather be considered to form a complex community with microbes and other organisms where plant tissues form diverse niches for microbes. One major relationship concerns plant-fungal interactions that range from pathogenicity to mutually beneficial symbioses. A balanced state (homeostasis) of these interactions is essential for maintaining the plant as well as an overall healthy state of the environment. Mycorrhizal associations are well-studied examples of root-fungal mutually beneficial symbiosis. |