OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mycorrhiza is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Inter- and intra-specific metal tolerance variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal Suillus species	88
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi travel the world with harvested underground crops	52
Patterns of free amino acids in tundra soils reflect mycorrhizal type, shrubification, and warming	42
Ancient lineages of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi provide little plant benefit	40
Unlocking germination: the role of mycorrhizal strain and seed provenance in driving seed germination of a widespread terrestrial orchid	38
Benefits provided by four ectomycorrhizal fungi to Pinus taeda under different external potassium availabilities	36
Comparative genomics reveals substantial divergence in metal sensitive and metal tolerant isolates of the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius	35
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, a key symbiosis in the development of quality traits in crop production, alone or combined with plant growth-promoting bacteria	25
Niche differentiation of Mucoromycotinian and Glomeromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a 2-million-year soil chronosequence	25
Correction: Unraveling the diversity of hyphal explorative traits among Rhizophagus irregularis genotypes	24
A tribute to Graziella Berta (1948–2024): research milestones and highlights	24
An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus alters soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity in a soil texture specific way	23
Fungicide seed treatments delay arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization of winter wheat in the greenhouse, but the effect is attenuated in the field	23
Physiological and transcriptomic response of Medicago truncatula to colonization by high- or low-benefit arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	21
Soil compaction reversed the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on soil hydraulic properties	18
Characterization of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community associated with rosewood in threatened Miombo forests	15
Mycorrhizal symbiosis in Taxus: a review	15
Novel epiphytic root-fungus symbiosis in the Indo-Pacific seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum from the Red Sea	14
Accidental cultivation of the European truffle Tuber brumale in North American truffle orchards	13
Rhizophagus Irregularis regulates flavonoids metabolism in paper mulberry roots under cadmium stress	12
Biochar is colonized by select arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural soils	12
Effects of root-colonizing fungi on pioneer Pinus thunbergii seedlings in primary successional volcanic mudflow on Kuchinoerabu Island, Japan	12
Does the flavonoid quercetin influence the generalist-selective nature of mycorrhizal interactions in invasive and non-invasive native woody plants?	12
High mycorrhizal specificity in the monotypic mycoheterotrophic genus Relictithismia (Thismiaceae)	11
Mycorrhizal structures in mycoheterotrophic Thismia spp. (Thismiaceae): functional and evolutionary interpretations	11

Mycorrhiza-feeding soil invertebrates in two coniferous forests traced with 13C labelling	11
Saprotrophic-mycorrhizal divide in stable isotope composition throughout the whole fungus: from mycelium to hymenophore	11
The similarity between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities of trees and nearby herbs in a planted forest exhibited within-site spatial variation patterns explained by local soil conditions	11
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants	11
Reduction of the α and β diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungal community under snowmelt: highlights from a common garden trial using Abies sachalinensis with differing host origins and light condition	11
Carbon availability affects already large species-specific differences in chemical composition of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelia in pure culture	11
Enhancing chickpea growth through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus inoculation: facilitating nutrient uptake and shifting potential pathogenic fungal communities	10
Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, mycorrhizal soil infectivity, and phosphorus availability under Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) invasions in a West-African forest-savanna ecoton	10
Soil spore bank communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Pseudotsuga japonica forests and neighboring plantations	10
Hedgerows increase the diversity and modify the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes	9
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differ in neighboring vineyards of different ages	9
The C24-methyl/ethyl sterol ratio is increased by Rhizophagus irregularis colonization	9
The systemic herbicide glyphosate affects the sporulation dynamics of Rhizophagus species more severely than mechanical defoliation or the contact herbicide diquat	9
Mallocybe heimii ectomycorrhizae with Cistus creticus and Pinus halepensis in Mediterranean littoral sand dunes — assessment of phylogenetic relationships to M. arenaria and M. agardhii	8
Bioprospecting for plant resilience to climate change: mycorrhizal symbionts of European and American beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria and Ammophila breviligulata) from maritime sand dunes	8
In vitro host relationships of ectomycorrhizal Tricholoma kakishimeji and closely related species reflect their habitat characteristics	8
A historical perspective on mycorrhizal mutualism emphasizing arbuscular mycorrhizas and their emerging challenges	8
Mycorrhizal and rhizobial interactions influence model grassland plant community structure and productivity	8
Mycorrhizal impact on competitive relationships and yield parameters in Phaseolus vulgaris L. — weed mixtures	8
Lead (Pb) tolerance in the ectomycorrhizal fungi Suillus brevipes and S. tomentosus	8
Intraspecies variation in mycorrhizal response of Medicago sativa to Rhizophagus irregularis under abiotic stress	8
Native ectomycorrhizal fungi from the endangered pine rocklands are superior symbionts to commercial inoculum for slash pine seedlings	7
Correction to: Auditing data resolves systemic errors in databases and confirms mycorrhizal trait consistency for most genera and families of flowering plants	7
Fungi in hair roots of Vaccinium spp. (Ericaceae) growing on decomposing wood: colonization patterns, identity, and in vitro symbiotic potential	7
Environmental response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under soybean cultivation at a regional scale	6
Organic phosphorus levels change the hyphosphere phoD-harboring bacterial community of Funneliformis mosseae	6
AM fungus plant colonization rather than an Epichloë endophyte attracts fall armyworm feeding	6
“Ectomycorrhizal exploration type” could be a functional trait explaining the spatial distribution of tree symbiotic fungi as a function of forest humus forms	6
Development of a high-throughput spore germination test to assess the toxicity of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	6
Cultivation of arbuscular mycorrhizal Broussonetia papyrifera seedlings by planting the mycorrhizal nurse plant downwards	6
Diverse mycorrhizal associations and nutrition in Didymoplexis orchids	6
Mycobiont identity and light conditions affect belowground morphology and physiology of a mixotrophic orchid Cremastra variabilis (Orchidaceae)	6
Comparative RNA sequencing-based transcriptome profiling of ten grapevine rootstocks: shared and specific sets of genes respond to mycorrhizal symbiosis	6
Contribution of mycorrhizal symbiosis and root strategy to red clover aboveground biomass under nitrogen addition and phosphorus distribution	5
Absence of Gigasporales and rarity of spores in a hot desert revealed by a multimethod approach	5
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community response to warming and rainfall reduction differs between co-occurring temperate-boreal ecotonal Pinus saplings	5
Physiological and transcriptional responses of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum to salt stress	5
An updated LSU database and pipeline for environmental DNA identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	5
Is arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal addition beneficial to potato systems? A meta-analysis	5
Paraglomus and Glomus arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induce the green tea catechin quality index and phosphorus bioavailability in tropical soils	5
The tiny-leaved orchid Disperis neilgherrensis primarily obtains carbon from decaying litter via saprotrophic Ceratobasidium	5
Manipulation of the soil microbiome regulates the colonization of plants by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	5
Sustainable cultivation of the white truffle (Tuber magnatum) requires ecological understanding	5
Do commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants contain the species that they claim?	5
Specialized protist communities on mycorrhizal fungal hyphae	5
Response of ectomycorrhizal and other Pinus sylvestris root-associated fungi to the load of allochthonous material from a great cormorant colony	4
Coccoloba uvifera L. associated with Scleroderma Bermudense Coker: a pantropical ectomycorrhizal symbiosis used in restoring of degraded coastal sand dunes	4
Clonal spore populations in sporocarps of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Mycorrhizal diversity and community composition in co-occurring Cypripedium species	4
Bacterial community in the hyphosphere of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus differs from that in the surrounding environment and is influenced by hyphal disruption	4

Multiplex qPCR assays to distinguish individual species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from roots and soil	4
Application of AtMYB75 as a reporter gene in the study of symbiosis between tomato and Funneliformis mosseae	4
Variations in the root mycobiome and mycorrhizal fungi between different types of Vanilla forest farms on Réunion Island	4
Integrative transcriptomic and physiological analyses uncover mechanisms by which arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mitigate salt stress in sugar beet	3
Global taxonomic and phylogenetic assembly of AM fungi	3
Common mycorrhizal networks improve survival and mediate facilitative plant interactions among Andropogon gerardii seedlings under drought stress	3
Mycorrhizal symbioses in the Andean paramo	3
Disentangling arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria at the soil-root interface	3
Mycorrhizal response of Solanum tuberosum to homokaryotic versus dikaryotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	3
Scale dependency of ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly processes in Mediterranean mixed forests	3
Mycorrhizas in South American Ericaceae	3
Environmental identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi using the LSU rDNA gene region: an expanded database and improved pipeline	3
How do root fungi of Alnus nepalensis and Schima wallichii recover during succession of abandoned land?	3
Host population effects on ectomycorrhizal fungi vary between low and high phosphorus soils of temperate rainforests	3
A targeted bioinformatics approach identifies highly variable cell surface proteins that are unique to Glomeromycotina	3
Impact of agricultural systems on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community composition in robusta coffee roots in the Democratic Republic of congo	3
Unraveling the diversity of hyphal explorative traits among Rhizophagus irregularis genotypes	3
Synonymization of three species of Rhizophagus based on morphological and molecular evidence and biogeography of Rhizophagus clarus	3
Whole genome analyses based on single, field collected spores of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis geosporum	3
Rhizophagus irregularis improves Hg tolerance of Medicago truncatula by upregulating the Zn transporter genes ZIP2 and ZIP6	3