Chapter 8

Mycorrhizosphere Complexity

Hojka Kraigher1, Marko Bajc and Tine Grebenc,    Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia,    1Corresponding author: e-mail: hojka.kraigher@gozdis.si

Abstract

Mycorrhizal fungi have evolved with their plant partners and enabled them with better growth in stressed and disturbed environments by better nutrient acquisition and protection against pathogens. Any stress or disturbance belowground is reflected first in changes in mycorrhizal community structure. The complex mycorrhizal networks and interactions among mycorrhizosphere organisms regulate the carbon dynamics and stability of forest ecosystems by ‘beneficial interactions’ or ‘collaboration’ rather than by competition—especially under stress ...

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