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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Inter- and intra-specific metal tolerance variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal Suillus species	106
The influence of mycorrhizal hyphal connections and neighbouring plants on Plantago lanceolata physiology and nutrient uptake	46
Unlocking germination: the role of mycorrhizal strain and seed provenance in driving seed germination of a widespread terrestrial orchid	46
Patterns of free amino acids in tundra soils reflect mycorrhizal type, shrubification, and warming	41
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi travel the world with harvested underground crops	28
Comparative genomics reveals substantial divergence in metal sensitive and metal tolerant isolates of the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Oidiodendron maius	27
A tribute to Graziella Berta (1948–2024): research milestones and highlights	22
Correction: Unraveling the diversity of hyphal explorative traits among Rhizophagus irregularis genotypes	22
Soil compaction reversed the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on soil hydraulic properties	18
Interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and native soil microbiome on early stage restoration of a coal-mine soil	16
Physiological and transcriptomic response of Medicago truncatula to colonization by high- or low-benefit arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	15
Fungicide seed treatments delay arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization of winter wheat in the greenhouse, but the effect is attenuated in the field	15
Niche differentiation of Mucoromycotinian and Glomeromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a 2-million-year soil chronosequence	14
An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus alters soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity in a soil texture specific way	13
Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Tuber spp. Enhances host performances in Pinus and Carya and induces host-specific patterns in defense-related regulation in the leaf transcriptomes	13
Characterization of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community associated with rosewood in threatened Miombo forests	12
Rhizophagus Irregularis regulates flavonoids metabolism in paper mulberry roots under cadmium stress	12
Does the flavonoid quercetin influence the generalist-selective nature of mycorrhizal interactions in invasive and non-invasive native woody plants?	12
Novel epiphytic root-fungus symbiosis in the Indo-Pacific seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum from the Red Sea	11
Effects of root-colonizing fungi on pioneer Pinus thunbergii seedlings in primary successional volcanic mudflow on Kuchinoerabu Island, Japan	11
Accidental cultivation of the European truffle Tuber brumale in North American truffle orchards	11
Nitrogen accumulation accompanies ectomycorrhiza formation in pine germinants the first growing season after wildfire or clearcutting	11
Mycorrhizal symbiosis in Taxus: a review	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
Biochar is colonized by select arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural soils	10

Saprotrophic-mycorrhizal divide in stable isotope composition throughout the whole fungus: from mycelium to hymenophore	10
High mycorrhizal specificity in the monotypic mycoheterotrophic genus Relictithismia (Thismiaceae)	10
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants	10
Mycorrhizal structures in mycoheterotrophic Thismia spp. (Thismiaceae): functional and evolutionary interpretations	10
Mycorrhiza-feeding soil invertebrates in two coniferous forests traced with 13C labelling	9
Carbon availability affects already large species-specific differences in chemical composition of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelia in pure culture	9
Ecological specificity of fungi on seedling establishment in Dendrobium huoshanense: a narrow distributed medicinal orchid	9
Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Shorea robusta along an elevation gradient	9
Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, mycorrhizal soil infectivity, and phosphorus availability under Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) invasions in a West-African forest-savanna ecoton	8
Soil spore bank communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Pseudotsuga japonica forests and neighboring plantations	8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differ in neighboring vineyards of different ages	8
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	8
Fungi of the family Psathyrellaceae are symbiotic partners of the mycoheterotrophic orchid Danxiaorchis yangii	7
The C24-methyl/ethyl sterol ratio is increased by Rhizophagus irregularis colonization	7
Integrated peloton and fruiting body isotope data shed light on mycoheterotrophic interactions in Gastrodia pubilabiata (Orchidaceae)	7
Bioprospecting for plant resilience to climate change: mycorrhizal symbionts of European and American beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria and Ammophila breviligulata) from maritime sand dunes	7
Mycorrhizal and rhizobial interactions influence model grassland plant community structure and productivity	7
Hedgerows increase the diversity and modify the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes	7
Enhancing chickpea growth through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus inoculation: facilitating nutrient uptake and shifting potential pathogenic fungal communities	7
The systemic herbicide glyphosate affects the sporulation dynamics of Rhizophagus species more severely than mechanical defoliation or the contact herbicide diquat	7
Lead (Pb) tolerance in the ectomycorrhizal fungi Suillus brevipes and S. tomentosus	7
In vitro host relationships of ectomycorrhizal Tricholoma kakishimeji and closely related species reflect their habitat characteristics	6
Comparative RNA sequencing-based transcriptome profiling of ten grapevine rootstocks: shared and specific sets of genes respond to mycorrhizal symbiosis	6
Intraspecies variation in mycorrhizal response of Medicago sativa to Rhizophagus irregularis under abiotic stress	6
AM fungus plant colonization rather than an Epichloë endophyte attracts fall armyworm feeding	6
Native ectomycorrhizal fungi from the endangered pine rocklands are superior symbionts to commercial inoculum for slash pine seedlings	6
Fungi in hair roots of Vaccinium spp. (Ericaceae) growing on decomposing wood: colonization patterns, identity, and in vitro symbiotic potential	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
Correction to: Auditing data resolves systemic errors in databases and confirms mycorrhizal trait consistency for most genera and families of flowering plants	6
Diverse mycorrhizal associations and nutrition in Didymoplexis orchids	5
Development of a high-throughput spore germination test to assess the toxicity of pesticides on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	5
Sustainable cultivation of the white truffle (Tuber magnatum) requires ecological understanding	5
Cultivation of arbuscular mycorrhizal Broussonetia papyrifera seedlings by planting the mycorrhizal nurse plant downwards	5
Organic phosphorus levels change the hyphosphere phoD-harboring bacterial community of Funneliformis mosseae	5
Absence of Gigasporales and rarity of spores in a hot desert revealed by a multimethod approach	5
Environmental response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under soybean cultivation at a regional scale	5
Contribution of mycorrhizal symbiosis and root strategy to red clover aboveground biomass under nitrogen addition and phosphorus distribution	5
Mycobiont identity and light conditions affect belowground morphology and physiology of a mixotrophic orchid Cremastra variabilis (Orchidaceae)	5
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community response to warming and rainfall reduction differs between co-occurring temperate-boreal ecotonal Pinus saplings	4
Is arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal addition beneficial to potato systems? A meta-analysis	4
Do commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants contain the species that they claim?	4
Coccoloba uvifera L. associated with Scleroderma Bermudense Coker: a pantropical ectomycorrhizal symbiosis used in restoring of degraded coastal sand dunes	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
Paraglomus and Glomus arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induce the green tea catechin quality index and phosphorus bioavailability in tropical soils	4
Specialized protist communities on mycorrhizal fungal hyphae	4
Mycorrhizal diversity and community composition in co-occurring Cypripedium species	4
Accumulation of glomalin-related soil protein to soil carbon storage in forest ecosystems along an elevation gradient	4
Application of AtMYB75 as a reporter gene in the study of symbiosis between tomato and Funneliformis mosseae	4
An updated LSU database and pipeline for environmental DNA identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Physiological and transcriptional responses of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum to salt stress	4

The tiny-leaved orchid Disperis neilgherrensis primarily obtains carbon from decaying litter via saprotrophic Ceratobasidium	4
Variations in the root mycobiome and mycorrhizal fungi between different types of Vanilla forest farms on Réunion Island	4
Clonal spore populations in sporocarps of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	4
Mycorrhizal symbioses in the Andean paramo	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
Disentangling arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria at the soil-root interface	3
Rhizophagus irregularis improves Hg tolerance of Medicago truncatula by upregulating the Zn transporter genes ZIP2 and ZIP6	3
Multiplex qPCR assays to distinguish individual species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from roots and soil	3
Mycorrhizal response of Solanum tuberosum to homokaryotic versus dikaryotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	3
A targeted bioinformatics approach identifies highly variable cell surface proteins that are unique to Glomeromycotina	3
Scale dependency of ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly processes in Mediterranean mixed forests	3
An ectomycorrhizal fungus alters developmental progression during endogenous rhythmic growth in pedunculate oak	3
Orchid mycorrhizal fungus from the Brazilian Cerrado exhibits biocontrol activity against Meloidogyne javanica	3
How do root fungi of Alnus nepalensis and Schima wallichii recover during succession of abandoned land?	3
Impact of agricultural systems on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community composition in robusta coffee roots in the Democratic Republic of congo	3
Integrative transcriptomic and physiological analyses uncover mechanisms by which arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mitigate salt stress in sugar beet	3
Mycorrhizas in South American Ericaceae	3
Host population effects on ectomycorrhizal fungi vary between low and high phosphorus soils of temperate rainforests	3
Whole genome analyses based on single, field collected spores of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis geosporum	3
Association between a liverwort and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a promising strategy for the phytoremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	3