TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycorrhizas and biomass crops
T2 - opportunities for future sustainable development
AU - Rooney, Deirdre C.
AU - Killham, Ken
AU - Bending, Gary D.
AU - Baggs, Elizabeth
AU - Weih, Martin
AU - Hodge, Angela
PY - 2009/10/1
Y1 - 2009/10/1
N2 - Central to soil health and plant productivity in natural ecosystems are in situ soil microbial communities, of which mycorrhizal fungi are an integral component, regulating nutrient transfer between plants and the surrounding soil via extensive mycelial networks. Such networks are supported by plant-derived carbon and are likely to be enhanced under coppiced biomass plantations, a forestry practice that has been highlighted recently as a viable means of providing an alternative source of energy to fossil fuels, with potentially favourable consequences for carbon mitigation. Here, we explore ways in which biomass forestry, in conjunction with mycorrhizal fungi, can offer a more holistic approach to addressing several topical environmental issues, including 'carbon-neutral' energy, ecologically sustainable land management and CO2 sequestration.
AB - Central to soil health and plant productivity in natural ecosystems are in situ soil microbial communities, of which mycorrhizal fungi are an integral component, regulating nutrient transfer between plants and the surrounding soil via extensive mycelial networks. Such networks are supported by plant-derived carbon and are likely to be enhanced under coppiced biomass plantations, a forestry practice that has been highlighted recently as a viable means of providing an alternative source of energy to fossil fuels, with potentially favourable consequences for carbon mitigation. Here, we explore ways in which biomass forestry, in conjunction with mycorrhizal fungi, can offer a more holistic approach to addressing several topical environmental issues, including 'carbon-neutral' energy, ecologically sustainable land management and CO2 sequestration.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349565236&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.08.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19748301
AN - SCOPUS:70349565236
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 14
SP - 542
EP - 549
JO - Trends in plant science
JF - Trends in plant science
IS - 10
ER -