SHIFTING SYMBIOTIC SCENARIOS AT THE DAWN OF LAND PLANT-FUNGUS ASSOCIATIONS
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Life Sciences
Abstract
See joint application R223770X
Planned Impact
See joint application R223770X
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Martin Bidartondo (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Hoysted GA
(2018)
A mycorrhizal revolution.
in Current opinion in plant biology
Hoysted GA
(2021)
Phenology and function in lycopod-Mucoromycotina symbiosis.
in The New phytologist
Hoysted GA
(2019)
Mucoromycotina Fine Root Endophyte Fungi Form Nutritional Mutualisms with Vascular Plants.
in Plant physiology
Kowal J
(2022)
Atmospheric pollution, soil nutrients and climate effects on Mucoromycota arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
in Environmental microbiology
Kowal J
(2018)
From rhizoids to roots? Experimental evidence of mutualism between liverworts and ascomycete fungi.
in Annals of botany
Kowal J
(2020)
Prevalence and phenology of fine root endophyte colonization across populations of Lycopodiella inundata.
in Mycorrhiza
Merckx V
(2017)
The biogeographical history of the interaction between mycoheterotrophic Thismia (Thismiaceae) plants and mycorrhizal Rhizophagus (Glomeraceae) fungi
in Journal of Biogeography
| Description | We discovered an ancient and globally widespread beneficial association between plants and fungi, and investigated its properties using experiments. We discovered that it is distinct ecologically and evolutionarily from other known plant-fungal symbioses. |
| Exploitation Route | Our findings are allowing other scientists to identify this neglected but important association in new systems, including agricultural crops (DOI: 10.1111/nph.14268) and fossils (DOI: 10.1002/9781118951446.ch1). |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Environment |