Fungal networks in the ground ferry crucial nutrients to plants. But how do brainless organisms form complex supply chain networks?

A research team led by Prof. Bai Yongfei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with partners, has highlighted the critical role of mycorrhizal ...

相关研究成果以“Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and ...

Scientists have developed a specialized imaging robot to track plant-fungal trade networks, revealing nature’s underground ...

Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient.

New research published in the journal Nature on February 26, 2025, uses advanced robotics to track the hyper-efficient supply chains formed between plants and mycorrhizal fungi as they trade carbon ...

Oyarte Galvez et al. discovered that mycelial networks of several species of mycorrhizal fungus grow from the plant root with remarkable regularity in space and time. To explain these regular ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mycorrhizal fungi significantly enhance soil organic carbon storage in grasslands by promoting plant diversity and increasing root biomass. Grasslands with ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are among the most critical soil organisms, they form symbiotic associations with roots that helps many plants species to thrive. This spore of the arbuscular ...

The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This question is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the dynamics and ...

Soils around the world are polluted, worn out, over-fertilised and exhausted. How did we get to a place where we think of soil as dirt? Soils are buzzing with life, criss-crossed with a hard-to-fathom ...