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Host plants benefit from enhanced growth and from resistance to diseases and other stresses such as drought and heavy metals.
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e0“host plants benefit from enhanced growth and resistance to diseases, as well as other stresses such as drought and the presence of heavy metals”
Title
Ectomycorrhizal fungal symbiosis on plant nutrient acquisition in tropical ecosystems
Aseni Navoda Ediriweera; Wenhua Lu; Jesus Perez Moreno; et al. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2025. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2025.2519569
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- Observation ECM fungi secrete organic acids and phosphatases that boost soil P availability, improving P acquisition by plants.
- Observation Symbiotic relationships enhance host uptake of N, P, other macro and micronutrients, and water.
- Observation The community of ECM fungi and its distribution is determined by soil changes, climatic conditions, host specificity and evolutionary processes.
- Observation Decomposition of soil organic matter, non-enzymatic mechanisms and priming effects, which enhance C and N cycling, are the major ways ECM fungi regulate nutrients.
- Observation Soil microorganisms play a paramount role in regulating the interactions between ECM fungi and hosts.
- Observation Interactions of ECM fungi are controlled by environmental factors such as temperature, pH and salinity, which directly influence symbiosis.