A new study has used a modelling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve to warn other plants of impending attack. Instead of using their communication networks to transmit ...

In terrestrial ecosystems, mycorrhizal fungi form extensive symbiotic relationships with plant roots. Their hyphal networks, the common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs), have long been considered a key ...

New research publishing 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 ...

Aims We tested whether a nurse-plant effect depends on target-seedling tolerance to soil acidity and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in an acid soil. Methods A mesocosm experiment was used to ...