by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | Related Articles
A significant proportion of plant photosynthates is transported below ground shortly after photoassimilation and subsequently released to soil microbes. Both root exudation and transfer to mycorrhizal fungi occur rapidly after photosynthesis, ranging from a few hours...
by Deac Jones | Dec 16, 2016 | Related Articles
Nonresident plants and root exudates influenced the fungal community by both positively and negatively impacting the relative abundance of individual phylotypes. A net increase in fungal biomass was observed when nonresident root exudates were added to resident plant...
by Deac Jones | Dec 4, 2016 | News, Related Articles
Professor James Kennedy of California State University at Fresno, pointed out that phenolics are essential in wine because of their impact on “the visual, aromatic, and tactile properties of wine.” The color of a red wine and the stability of that color, for instance,...
by Deac Jones | Nov 29, 2016 | News
Some interesting articles related to the benefits of Mycorrhizae Importance of Mycorrhizae for Agricultural Crops – University of Florida The Role of Beneficial Mycorrhizal Fungi in Grapevine Nutrition – UC Davis Mycorrhizal Effects on Host Plant...
by Deac Jones | Nov 18, 2016 | Recommended Links
Excellent research article on how root exudation impacts the soil community. “The chemicals secreted into the soil by roots are broadly referred to as root exudates. Through the exudation of a wide variety of compounds, roots may regulate the soil microbial...
