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Stress and Mycorrhizal Plant

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Abstract

Plants are subjected to different types of stresses, including salinity, drought, heavy metal, compaction, etc. Plants are able to alter their morphology and physiology under stress including the activation of different signaling pathway and production of biochemicals. Plant species, environment, and climate conditions determine the response of plant to the stress conditions. Although with time plants adopt themselves with stress conditions, their growth and yield is adversely affected by stress. Numerous research works have indicated the favorite role of soil microbes such as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on the growth of the host plant under stress. AM fungi are able to establish a symbiotic association with their host plant and significantly increase the uptake of water and nutrients by producing an extensive hyphal network. Physiological and morphological alterations in the host plant result from AM fungi symbiosis, which can make the plant survive the stress. Some of the latest development and findings related to the effects of mycorrhizal fungi on the growth of their host plant under stress are presented and analyzed.

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Miransari, M. (2016). Stress and Mycorrhizal Plant. In: Pagano, M. (eds) Recent Advances on Mycorrhizal Fungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24355-9_6

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