MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: SOIL, AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS -- MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: SOIL, AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT- A PROSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IMPORTANCE OF AMF FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION -- Transgenic Crops -- Heavy Metals -- Critical Role of AMF in Carbon Sequestration -- MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS AND ENVIRONMENT -- RESPONSIVENESS OF AMF IN AGRICULTURE -- Moisture and Drought Stress -- pH -- Tillage -- Fertilizers and Pesticides -- Protective Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi -- ROLE OF MYCORRHIZAL IN AFFORESTATION AND AGROFORESTRY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Agroecosystems -- Effect of Tillage, Crop Rotation and Fertilization -- Effect of Fertilization on Pastures -- Effect of N Fertilization in Crops -- Other Crops -- Taxonomical and Biodiversity Studies of Mycorrhizas -- Application of AMF in Agriculture -- Soil Conditions in the Agroecosystems -- Challenges to Melhoration of Agricultural Systems -- Outlook and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- PLANT COEXISTENCE AND DIVERSITY MEDIATED BELOWGROUND: THE IMPORTANCE OF MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. REGULATION FORCES SELECTING FOR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION -- 1.1. Host Specificity -- 1.2. Seasonality -- 1.3. Abiotic Factors -- 1.4. Additional Factors -- 2. MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS EFFECTS ON PLANT GROWTH AND COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE -- 3. IMPLICATIONS OF MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS FEEDBACKS FOR PLANT DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION -- 3.1. Maintenance of Multi-species Assemblages in Plant Community -- 3.2. Species Replacement in Plant Community -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND ECOSYSTEM EFFICIENCY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HYPHAL NETWORK -- ENHANCED WATER AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE -- PRODUCTION OF PLANT HORMONES -- CONTROLLING PLANT PATHOGENS -- IMPROVING SOIL STRUCTURE -- ALLEVIATING SOIL STRESSES -- Drought and AM Fungi -- Salinity and AM Fungi -- Soil Compaction and AM Fungi -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS ON ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HYDROCARBONS -- EFFLUENTS -- FUNGICIDES -- PESTICIDES -- INSECTICIDES -- HERBICIDES -- NEMATICIDES -- FERTILIZERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MYCORRHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS MEDIATED THROUGH RHIZODEPOSITIONS AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL HYPHODEPOSITION AND THEIR APPLICATION IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE MYCORRHIZOSPHERE -- 3. MYCORRHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS THROUGH RHIZODEPOSITIONS -- 3.1. Interaction of AM Fungi with Rhizobacteria -- 3.1.1. Interactions of AM Fungi with Free-living PGPRs -- 3.1.2. Interactions of AM Fungi with Symbiotic N2-fixing Bacteria -- 3.2. Interactions of AM Fungi with Mycorrhizosphere Fungal Community -- 3.2.1. Interactions of AM Fungi with Saprotrophic Microorganisms Community -- 3.2.2. Interactions of AM Fungi with the Pathogenic Fungal Community -- 4. MYCORRHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS MEDIATED THROUGH ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL HYPHO-DEPOSITION -- 5. MYCORRHIZOSPHERIC BIOACTIVE MOLECULES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE -- 6. MYCORRHIZOSPHERE INOCULATION WITH MULTIPLE BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPLICATION EFFICIENCY OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: A REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. RESEARCH STATUS OF MYCORRHIZATION ON CROP FITNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY -- 1.1. Field Crops -- 1.1.1. Cereal Crops.

1.1.2. Legume Crops -- 1.1.3. Tuber Crops -- 1.2. Industrial Crops -- 1.2.1. Fibre Crops -- 1.2.2. Oil Crops -- 1.2.3. Sugar Crops -- 1.2.4. Tobacco -- 1.2.5. Tea Plants -- 1.2.6. Offcinals Medicinal Plants -- 1.3. Vegetables -- 1.4. Production of Micropropagated Seedlings -- 2. SUMMARY AND PROSPECTS -- REFERENCES -- INCREASED SOLUBLE CARBON FROM ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL COLONIZATION ALTERS CARBON AND NITROGEN MINERALIZATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHANGES IN SOIL RESPIRATION FROM AM COLONIZATION -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL EFFECTS ON NITROGEN MINERALIZATION -- CHANGES IN THE FORM OF CARBON WITH AM COLONIZATION -- CHANGES IN CARBON TURNOVER TIME IN SOIL -- CHANGES IN SOIL ORGANIC CARBON -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INTERACTIONS WITH RHIZOBACTERIA OR SAPROTROPHIC FUNGI AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERACTION BETWEEN AMF AND BENEFICIAL RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIOTA -- IN VITRO INTERACTIONS -- INTERACTION EFFECT ON PLANT GROWTH -- INTERACTION EFFECT ON THE POPULATION OR COLONIZATION OF CO-INOCULANT -- A. Impact on AMF Root Colonization -- B. Impact on Rhizosphere Soil or Root Colonization of PGPR or PGPF -- EFFECTS ON PLANT DISEASE SUPPRESSION -- EFFECTS AGAINST PLANT NEMATODES -- FIELD APPLICATION -- CURRENT APPLICATION OF AMF AND PGPR OR PGPF -- CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS TO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES -- REFERENCES -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOILS AND TOLERANCE MECHANISMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOILS -- ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND TOLERANCE TO HEAVY METALS -- TOLERANCE MECHANISMS OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI TO HEAVY METALS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES.

PLANT DROUGHT TOLERANCE ENHANCEMENT BY ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AM SYMBIOSIS IMPROVES ROOT WATER UPTAKE UNDER DROUGHT CONDITIONS -- AM SYMBIOSIS, DROUGHT AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY -- AM SYMBIOSIS, DROUGHT AND ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY -- PERSPECTIVES -- REFERENCES -- TOLERANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSE IN MYCORRHIZAL STRAWBERRY PLANTS RAISED IN SUMMER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Inoculation of AMF -- Estimation of Browning in Shoots and Roots -- Evaluation of AMF Colonization Level -- Analysis of Antioxidative Abilities -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.