Introduction to Biofertilizers produced from fungi, physiological and biochemical characteristics. What are Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi?
PRODUCTION OF MYCHORRHIZAL BIOFERTILIZERS Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), an important functional group of beneficial microorganisms residing in soil, originate from the phylum Glomeromycotina. AMF are known as the obligate biotrophs which means they can’t exist and survive without depending on living hosts for nutrition (Avio, et al., 2018). They can build up a mutual relationship with the roots of 80% of all vascular plants. About 100 AMF morphotypes are reported to establish promiscuous mutual connections with >100,000 plant species (Chen, et al, 2018). Penetrating the cortical cells, AMF symbiotically associate with roots of many plant species to form arbuscules which is beneficial for themselves and for plants as well as hosts relying on plants. AMF can upgrade soil characteristics, thereby encouraging plant growth and metabolic processes even in oxidative biotic and abiotic stresses. AMF establishes a large extensive network of extraradical hyphae with root system of...
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