Alleviating Plant Density and Salinity Stress in Moringa oleifera Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Review DOI Creative Commons
Tshepiso Khoza, Tsobedi Absalom Masenya, Nokuthula Khanyile

et al.

Journal of Fungi, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 328 - 328

Published: April 21, 2025

Moringa oleifera (LAM) is a multipurpose tree species with extensive pharmacological and ethnomedicinal properties. Production of important medicinal plants facing decline under changing climatic conditions, which brings along exacerbated abiotic stresses like salinity intraspecific competition, particularly high planting densities. Increasing plant density seen as strategy to increase production; however, the competition lack arable land limit productivity. Salinity has been estimated harm approximately six percent Earth’s landmass. This leads loss over 20% agricultural output annually. These stressors can significantly curtail moringa’s growth yield potential. Literature designates that Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), ubiquitous soil microorganisms forming symbiotic associations roots, offer promising avenue for mitigating these stresses. narrative review aims investigate utilization AMF alleviate detrimental effects on oleifera. The different adaptive strategies M. undergoes mitigate both are explored. found inoculation enhances tolerance by improving nutrient acquisition, water relations, activating stress response mechanisms. By facilitating improved absorption, enhance root architecture, modulate ROS scavenging mechanisms, promote optimal biomass allocation, ensuring better survival in high-density plantings. Furthermore, AMF-mediated alleviation linked enhanced physiological efficiency, including increased chlorophyll content, root–shoot balance, ion homeostasis. because it could provide insights into sustainable, natural solution resilience adverse environmental potential applications global agriculture food security. Future research should prioritize identifying characterizing moringa-specific evaluate long-term efficacy, feasibility, economic viability application real-world moringa cultivation systems fully harness cultivation.

Language: Английский

Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function DOI Creative Commons
Pedro M. Antunes, Sidney Luiz Stürmer, James D. Bever

et al.

Mycorrhiza, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 35(2)

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

Language: Английский

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Biological crusts increase soil microbial biomass and alter bacterial and fungal community compositions under pine restored over ten years in a Pisha sandstone soil DOI Creative Commons
Qi Le, Ru Meng,

Weibo Ren

et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: April 4, 2025

Drylands cover approximately 40% of the global terrestrial area. These regions face multiple challenges, including water scarcity, soil erosion, and declining biodiversity, which significantly undermine fertility ecosystem stability. Biological crusts (biocrusts) are widely recognized as key components in arid semi-arid regions. Due to their unique structure functions, biocrusts can improve structure, enhance nutrient accumulation cycling, mitigate thereby providing critical support for ecological restoration sustainable development. This study investigated variations properties, bacterial fungal community structures, relationships between properties microbial communities under pine forests. forests have been utilized conservation over a ten-year period Pisha sandstone Compared bare ground, available phosphorus was 0.96 1.79 times higher cyanobacterial moss biocrusts, respectively, while potassium 1.44 2.34 higher, respectively. abundant nutrients provide carbon source microorganisms, promoting growth metabolic activity enhancing diversity biomass. Biocrusts also enhanced urease invertase activities. Soil biomass 2.65 8.19 compared nitrogen 5.05 11.07 Additionally, Observed Species Richness Index Abundance-based Coverage Estimator microorganisms were than those ground biocrusts. pH, copper, carbon, environmental factors influencing communities. quality area by properties. not only strengthens stability sustainability but provides improving productivity quality.

Language: Английский

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Alleviating Plant Density and Salinity Stress in Moringa oleifera Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Review DOI Creative Commons
Tshepiso Khoza, Tsobedi Absalom Masenya, Nokuthula Khanyile

et al.

Journal of Fungi, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 328 - 328

Published: April 21, 2025

Moringa oleifera (LAM) is a multipurpose tree species with extensive pharmacological and ethnomedicinal properties. Production of important medicinal plants facing decline under changing climatic conditions, which brings along exacerbated abiotic stresses like salinity intraspecific competition, particularly high planting densities. Increasing plant density seen as strategy to increase production; however, the competition lack arable land limit productivity. Salinity has been estimated harm approximately six percent Earth’s landmass. This leads loss over 20% agricultural output annually. These stressors can significantly curtail moringa’s growth yield potential. Literature designates that Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), ubiquitous soil microorganisms forming symbiotic associations roots, offer promising avenue for mitigating these stresses. narrative review aims investigate utilization AMF alleviate detrimental effects on oleifera. The different adaptive strategies M. undergoes mitigate both are explored. found inoculation enhances tolerance by improving nutrient acquisition, water relations, activating stress response mechanisms. By facilitating improved absorption, enhance root architecture, modulate ROS scavenging mechanisms, promote optimal biomass allocation, ensuring better survival in high-density plantings. Furthermore, AMF-mediated alleviation linked enhanced physiological efficiency, including increased chlorophyll content, root–shoot balance, ion homeostasis. because it could provide insights into sustainable, natural solution resilience adverse environmental potential applications global agriculture food security. Future research should prioritize identifying characterizing moringa-specific evaluate long-term efficacy, feasibility, economic viability application real-world moringa cultivation systems fully harness cultivation.

Language: Английский

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