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In Vitro Culture of Mycorrhizas (Soil Biology Book 4) by J. André Fortin, Stéphane Declerck, Désiré-Georges Strullu (auth.), Prof. Dr. Stéphane Declerck, Prof. J. André Fortin, Prof. Dr. Désiré-Georges Strullu (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The ?rst 30 cm of the earth’s surface represents a fragile and valuable ecos- tem, thanks to which terrestrial plants, and indirectly animals and humans, can live. The microbial activity occurring in soil is largely responsible for its physical and nutritional quality. Among the micro-organisms living in soil, the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a major role. They are present in all types of soil, everywhere on the planet, living in symbiotic association with the roots of most plant species. They have co-evolved with plants for 400 million years, improving their nutrition and resistance to v- ious types of stress. Present practices in conventional agriculture, which introduce great amounts of chemicals, have eliminated or underexploited the AM symbiosis. The rational exploitation of AM fungi in sustainable agriculture, to help minimize the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, has been hampered by several biological characteristics of these mic- organisms: they cannot be grown in the absence of a plant host and their genetic structure is very complex. Despite these limitations, biologists have made important progress in understanding better the functioning of AM fungi.

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Author

J. André Fortin, Stéphane Declerck, Désiré-Georges Strullu (auth.), Prof. Dr. Stéphane Declerck, Prof. J. André Fortin, Prof. Dr. Désiré-Georges Strullu (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9783540240273

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Mathematics