Soil Biology in Organic Systems: Mycorrhizal Fungi
Scientific Results
- Activity, diversity and function of arbuscular mycorrhizae vary with changes in agricultural management intensity
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 241: 142-149
- Agricultural management practices influence AMF diversity and community composition with cascading effects on plant productivity
- Applied Soil Ecology (2017) 115: 53-59
- Arbuscular mycorrhizae in a long-term field trial comparing low-input (organic, biological) and high-input (conventional) farming systems in a crop rotation
- Biology and Fertility of Soils (2000). 31: 150-156
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic farming
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2006) 113:17-35
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in field crop production: Potential and new direction
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2006) 86: 941-950
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza of Winter Wheat Under Different Duration of Organic Farming
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) and Non-AM Endophytic Fungal Proliferation in Prairie Wheat Fields is Related to Soil Properties, Management, and Plant Nutrient Update
- Joint Conference of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Canadian Society of Agronomy. 2010
- Arbuscular mycorrhizas and their role in plant growth, nitrogen interception and soil gas efflux in an organic production system
- Plant and Soil (2012) 353: 181-194
- Biological Amendments on Growth, Nutritional Quality, and Yield of Celery
- International Journal of Vegetable Science (2013) 19: 228-239
- Biologically Regulated Nutrient Supply Systems: Compost and Arbuscular Mycorrhizas—A Review
- Advances in Agronomy (2015) 129: 293-321
- Can Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Reduce the Growth of Agricultural Weeds?
- PLoS ONE (2011) 6(12): e27825
- Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhiza to soil quality in contrasting cropping systems
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2009) 134:36-45
- Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to utilization of organic sources of phosphorus by red clover in a calcareous soil
- Applied Soil Ecology (2003) 22: 139-148
- Effect of conventional and organic orchard floor management practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a ‘Cripp’s Pink’/M7 apple orchard soil
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 213: 131-141
- Effect of long-term tillage and mineral phosphorus fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a humid continental zone of Eastern Canada
- Plant and Soil (2013) 369: 599-613
- Farm system management affects community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Applied Soil Ecology (2015) 96: 192-200
- The impact of biological pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2012) 45: 147-155
- Impact of conservation tillage and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2015) 84: 38-52
- The impact of farming practice on soil microorganisms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Crop type versus long-term mineral and organic fertilization
- Applied Soil Ecology (2010) 46: 134-142
- Impact of Land Use on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Rural Canada
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2013) 79: 6719-6729
- Impact of long-term conventional and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Oecologia (2004) 138: 575-583
- Increasing the productivity and product quality of vegetable crops using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A review
- Scientia Horticulturae (2015) 187: 131-141
- The influence of a long-term black medic (Medicago lupulina cv. George) cover crop on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization and nutrient uptake in flax (Linum usitatissimum) under zero-tillage management
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2011) 91: 1071-1076
- Linking agricultural practices, mycorrhizal fungi, and traits mediating plant–insect interactions
- Ecological Applications (2013) 23: 1519-1530
- Managing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in cropping systems
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2005) 85: 31-40
- Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in onion roots from organic and conventional farming systems in the Netherlands
- Mycorrhiza (2009) 19:317-328
- Mycorrhizal activity and diversity in a long-term organic Mediterranean Agroecosystem
- Biology and Fertility of Soils (2013) 49: 781-790
- Negative and positive contributions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa to wheat production and nutrient uptake efficiency in organic and conventional systems in the Canadian prairie
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2014) 74: 156-166
- Nitrogen fixation and yield of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.), as affected by co-inoculation with Sinorhizobium meliloti and arbuscular mycorrhiza under dry organic farming conditions
- Nutrient use efficiency and arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonisation of winter wheat cultivars in different farming systems of the DOK long-term trial
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010) 90: 2027-2038
- Organic Maize Growth and Mycorrhizal Root Colonization Response to Tillage and Organic Fertilization
- Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2010) 34: 836-849
- Organic management of tilled agricultural soils results in a rapid increase in colonisation potential and spore populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2010) 139: 273-279
- Positive effects of organic farming on below-ground mutualists: large-scale comparison of mycorrhizal fungal communities in agricultural soils
- New Phytologist (2010) 186: 968-979
- Production of AM fungus colonized seedlings under organic management: suitability of hydrolyzed fish vs. blood meal as options for N addition
- Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2013) 29: 186-196
- Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Nitrogen Uptake of Plants: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps
- Agronomy (2015) 5: 587-612
- The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in reducing soil nutrient loss
- Trends in Plant Science (2015) 20: 283-290
- Root Colonization by Ericoid Mycorrhizae and Dark Septate Endophytes in Organic and Conventional Blueberry Fields in Michigan
- International Journal of Fruit Science (2012) 12: 169-187
- Soil type and properties influence the abundance of fungal root endophytes and wheat productivity in the Canadian Prairie
- Proceedings of the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. 2010
- Spatial scaling of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity is affected by farming practice
- Environmental Microbiology (2011) 13: 241-249
- Using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to improve the nutrient quality of crops; nutritional benefits in addition to phosphorus
- Scientia Horticulturae (2012) 148: 206-214
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