Fungal Genomics & Biology
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-8056
ISSN: 2165-8056
Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture CENA, University of Sao Paulo USP, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Review Article
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Unconventional Food Plants that Occur in Agroforestry
Systems of Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Author(s): Luísa da Costa Desgranges, Gabriel Silvestre Rocha, Siu Mui Tsai and Camila Maistro Patreze*
The obligatory mutualistic symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Glomeromycota phylum, and plant roots is a relationship present in most vascular plant families in different ecosystems. AMFs collaborate in the absorption of water and mineral nutrients while the host plant transfers compounds resulting from photosynthesis to the fungi, enabling its survival. The acronym PANC–Non- Conventional Food Plants, refers to plant species or parts of them, which are edible. These plants occur spontaneously or through cultivation and are not part of the eating habits of most of the population. PANC are often found in agroforestry systems; complex environments, with more ecological interactions including AMFs and more balanced when compared to monocultures, eliminating the use of fertilizers and chemical pesticides. The objective of this study was to carry o.. View More»
DOI:
10.35841/2165-8056.22.12.194