PAID ACCESS | Published on : 14-Jan-2026 | Pages: 264-275 | Doi : 10.37446/volbook092024/264-275
In future, global food production will face a challenge to cater the increased human population as agricultural lands are decreasing for conversion to domestic and industrial purpose. Agricultural soil is losing its sustainability and productivity for improper management for long term perspective. To overcome these issues and maintain sustainability in production and soil, we need to focus on soil health, minimizing the chemical inputs and increasing the microbial input for ensuring healthy soil-plant-environment continuum. Mycorrhizae, specially, arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) are applicable for most crops in low input fields. AM performs a lot of functions including nutrient uptake, water uptake, soil sustainability, pathogen resistance, stress management, soil remediation etc. They act as a consortium and microbial community dynamics with other beneficial microbes in soil and attract them to function altogether in soil –plant-environment system and thus play an important role in integrated plant nutrition for sustainable agricultural production.
Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Disease Resistance, Nutrient Uptake, Sustainability
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