Mycorrhizal Technology in Agriculture

The rhizosphere of mycorrhizal plants.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria: from cellular investigations to biotechnological perspectives.- Bases of the obligate biotrophy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal mycelium: from germlings to hyphal networks.- Biolistic transformation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: advances and applications.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal modifications to plant root systems: scale, mechanisms and consequences.- Plant genes involved in arbuscular mycorrhiza formation and functioning.- Plant defense responses induced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.- Arbuscular mycorrhiza induced ATPases and membrane nutrient transport mechanisms.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi nitrate assimilation: Genes and ecophysiological aspects.- An ecological point of view on arbuscular mycorrhiza research.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, an essential component of soil microflora in ecosystem restoration.- Application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungiin the revegetation of desertified Mediterranean ecosystems.- Potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for bioremediation.- The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to the control of soil-borne plant pathogens.- Mycorrhization as a stress adaptation procedure.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in low input agriculture.- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and micropropagation of high value crops.- Ecological considerations for successful application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum.- Selecting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for field application.- Directed inoculum production - shall we be able to design populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to achieve predictable symbiotic effectiveness?.- Quality control of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum in Europe.