Advanced Research in Plant–Fungus Interactions: Second Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue, titled “Advanced Research in Plant–Fungi Interactions”, available at: (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/184P96ZBIG).

In the past decades, plant–fungus interactions, including mycorrhizal, parasitic, or endophytic lifestyles, have had some of their aspects be extensively studied, resulting in great improvements in our understanding. Among them, the symbiotic association of mycorrhiza is commonly found in most vascular plants, mainly including arbuscular mycorrhiza, ectomycorrhiza, ericoid mycorrhiza, and orchid mycorrhiza. Mycorrhizal fungi benefit most plants by enhancing their nutrient access and stress tolerance, and therefore strongly affect plant population and community biology by regulating seedling establishment and species coexistence. In this Special Issue, interactions between plants and fungi will be considered. This includes, but is not limited to, functional omics, molecular communication, coevolution, ecological adaption, and nutrient modes of plant–fungi interactions, as well as applications of fungi for sustainable environmental management and plant conservation.

This Special Issue, titled “Advanced Research in Plant–Fungus Interactions: Second Edition”, is open to all researchers studying this interaction at any level, from both the plant and fungi side. Papers are welcome to be submitted in the form of original research articles, as well as review papers dealing with the advancements in and current understanding of various aspects of plant–fungus interactions.

Dr. Jiangyun Gao
Guest Editor

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• plant–fungus interactions
• symbiotic association
• endophytes
• plant conservation
• mycorrhizal symbioses