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Dissection of Genetic Cell Programmes Driving Early Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Interactions

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Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact

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The persistence through evolution of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis between Glomeromycota and plants is probably due to a widespread molecular dialogue between the two partners. Most studies have focussed on established mycorrhizal systems whilst evidence for cellular commitment of the symbiotic partners during early developmental phases is recent. Whereas spore germination by AM fungi can occur spontaneously, subsequent hyphal branching, appressoria differentiation, root penetration and intraradical development leading to symbiosis establishment are under the control of molecular interactions between the two partners. In this chapter, recent work on AM fungus–plant interactions is presented in such a way as to highlight the subtlety of this ancestral molecular complicity between the two partners.

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The authors are grateful to INRA and the Conseil Régional de Bourgogne for financial support for part of the work reported here.

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    Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, Marie Tollot & Pascale M. A. Seddas

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    Gianinazzi-Pearson, V., Tollot, M., Seddas, P.M. (2009). Dissection of Genetic Cell Programmes Driving Early Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Interactions. In: Azcón-Aguilar, C., Barea, J., Gianinazzi, S., Gianinazzi-Pearson, V. (eds) Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87978-7_3

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