Engineering Mycorrhizal Symbioses to Alter Plant Metabolism and Improve Crop Health.

ABSTRACT: Creating sustainable bioeconomies for the 21st century relies on optimizing the use of biological resources to improve agricultural productivity and create new products. Arbuscular mycorrhizae (phylum Glomeromycota) form symbiotic relationships with over 80% of vascular plants. In return for carbon, these fungi improve plant health and tolerance to environmental stress. This symbiosis is over 400 million years old and there are currently over 200 known arbuscular mycorrhizae, with dozens of new species described annually. Metagenomic sequencing of native soil communities, from species-rich meadows to mangroves, suggests biologically diverse habitats support a variety of mycorrhizal species with potential agricultural, medical, and biotechnological applications. This review looks at the eff

SUBMITTER: French KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5519612 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature