SynthesisPeerJ2022
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase crop yields by improving biomass under rainfed condition: a meta-analysis.
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- Host community activity, but not always composition, explains viral biogeography in bulk and rhizosphere soils over a tomato growing season.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- AMF primes immune genes against Puccinia hordei (Brown rust) in Hordeum vulgare but does not reduce pathogen burden.FEMS microbiology letters · 2026Article
- Systemic regulation of rhizosphere nutrient activation by polyol-chelated fertilizers: evidence and a conceptual framework.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Application of spent mushroom compost enhances wheat yield but reduces mycorrhizal associations and grain nutrient concentration.Mycorrhiza · 2025Article
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal networks-A climate-smart blueprint for agriculture.Plant communications · 2025Review
- Emerging Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Sustainable Agriculture: From Biology to Field Application.MicrobiologyOpen · 2025Review
- The Fungal and Protist Community as Affected by Tillage, Crop Residue Burning and N Fertilizer Application.Current microbiology · 2025Article
- Microbial communities and their association with soil health indicators under row cash crop and cover crop diversification: a case study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Review: roles of mycorrhizal symbioses and associated soil microbiomes in ecological restoration.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve morphological and yield performance of Eragrostis tef genotypes in Tigray, Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Biostimulant and Biocontrol Agents: A Review.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Rational management of the plant microbiome for the Second Green Revolution.Plant communications · 2024Review
- Diversity, Distribution, and applications ofSaudi journal of biological sciences · 2024Review
- Harnessing genetic engineering to drive economic bioproduct production in algae.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Review
- An overview of symbiotic and pathogenic interactions at the fungi-plant interface under environmental constraints.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2024Review
- Reduced Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) Diversity in Light and Moderate Fire Sites in Taiga Forests, Northeast China.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Improves Ex Vitro Acclimatization of Sugarcane Plantlets (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- AMF species do matter:Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRainfed agriculture plays key role in ensuring food security and maintain ecological balance. Especially in developing areas, most grain food are produced rainfed agricultural ecosystem. Therefore, the increase of crop yields in rainfed agricultural ecosystem becomes vital as well as ensuring global food security.
methodsThe potential roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in improving crop yields under rainfed condition were explored based on 546 pairs of observations published from 1950 to 2021.
resultsAMF inoculation increased 23.0% crop yields based on 13 popular crops under rainfed condition. Not only was crop biomass of shoot and root increased 24.2% and 29.6% by AMF inocula, respectively but also seed number and pod/fruit number per plant were enhanced markedly. Further, the effect of AMF on crop yields depended on different crop groups. AMF improved more yield of N-fixing crops than non-N-fixing crops. The effect of AMF changed between grain and non-grain crops with the effect size of 0.216 and 0.352, respectively. AMF inoculation enhances stress resistance and photosynthesis of host crop in rainfed agriculture.
conclusionAMF increased crop yields by enhancing shoot biomass due to the improvement of plant nutrition, photosynthesis, and stress resistance in rainfed field. Our findings provide a new view for understanding the sustainable productivity in rainfed agroecosystem, which enriched the theory of AMF functional diversity. This study provided a theoretical and technical way for sustainable production under rainfed agriculture.
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