Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 213, Issue 2, Pages 531-536Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14263
Keywords
arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM); bioinformatics; evolution; genomics; host plants
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- USDA-AFRI grant [2015-67013-22899]
- NSF GRFP fellowship
- Agronutrition SA (Labege, France)
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with the vast majority of land plants, providing mutual nutritional benefits and protecting hosts against biotic and abiotic stresses. Significant progress was made recently in our understanding of the genomic organization, the obligate requirements, and the sexual nature of these fungi through the release and subsequent mining of genome sequences. Genomic and genetic approaches also improved our understanding of the signal repertoire used byAMfungi and their plant hosts to recognize each other for the initiation and maintenance of this association. Evolutionary and bioinformatic analyses of host and nonhost plant genomes represent novel ways with which to decipher host mechanisms controlling these associations and shed light on the stepwise acquisition of this genetic toolkit during plant evolution. Mining fungal and plant genomes along with evolutionary and genetic approaches will improve understanding of these symbiotic associations and, in the long term, their usefulness in agricultural settings.
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