Environmental Stress Management through Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Horticultural Plants

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are known as symbiotic fungi with the effect of promoting host plant growth mainly by enhancing phosphorus uptake through symbiosis. AMF is considered to develop a sustainable ecofriendly strategy to overcome biotic and abiotic stresses in plant production as well as safe agricultural production. As for environmental stress management of biotic and abiotic stresses via AMF, few reports have been demonstrated and the mechanisms still have many unclear points. In this lecture, the events on plant adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses through AMF symbiosis and the mechanisms in mycorrhizal horticultural plants are introduced.