Special Issue "State-of-the-Art Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America"
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2023 | Viewed by 6031
Special Issue Editors

Interests: terrestrial ecology; sustainability; fungi; mycorrhizas

Interests: mycorrhizal fungi diversity; mycorrhizal ecology; plant-fungi associations; arid highlands
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Diversity Journal is about to launch a Special Issue dedicated to Mycorrhizal Biodiversity.
Mycorrhizal fungi are involved in the symbioses with most terrestrial plants including native or exotic trees, grasses, pastures, invasive plants and crops. The determinants of fungal and, specially, mycorrhizal diversity are poorly understood; however new reports would compile more information, useful for understanding these terrestrial symbioses governed by plants. It is expected that the number of known mycorrhizal fungi is higher than the presently estimated as most habitats and microsites remain underinvestigated. To compile these studies on the identified fungal species from South America will help to develop new estimations of biodiversity, which certainly will have an impact in global and climate change studies that are the basement of sustainable ecosystems. To study the diversity of mycorrhizas will help in ecosystem restoration, agroecosystems, food and agropecuary production worldwide. This special issue dedicated to mycorrhizas will document the diversity of these fungi in South America, where natural and special habitats are investigated by at least ten specialized groups of professors, researchers and students dedicated to their study. As a key component of the interface plant-soil in natural and impacted ecosystems, the different mycorrhizal aspects presented in South America are showed in this new Special Issue dedicated to Mycorrhizal Fungi Biodiversity and Ecology.
Dr. Marcela Pagano
Prof. Dr. Mónica Lugo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mycorrhizal Fungi
- Soil Biodiversity
- Ecosystem Services
- Food Security