Mycorrhiza has drawn substantial attention because of their role in ecosystem restoration and in alleviating the adverse environmental conditions for plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are obligate mutualist biotrophs of more than 80% terrestrial plants including mulberry. Mulberry plants are generally raised in nutritionally poor soils, so AMF have notable role in their survival and establishment, provided appropriate AMF inocula conducive to the prevailing edapho-agroclimatic conditions are used. AMF are involved in nutrient and water translocation and uptake, organic acid production, plant growth promotion, protection against biotic and abiotic stress, etc. thereby help in soil conservation and ecosystem maintenance. | Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in mulberry ecosystem development
