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Mycorrhizal symbiosis - MB130P94E
Title: Mycorrhizal symbiosis
Czech title: Mykorhizní symbióza
Guaranteed by: Department of Experimental Plant Biology (31-130)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: summer s.:oral
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 1 [days]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: 5
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Explanation: nahrazuje MB130P93E
Note: enabled for web enrollment
the course is taught as cyclical
Guarantor: Mgr. Petr Kohout, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Petr Kohout, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MB130P93, MB130P93E, MB130P94
Is incompatible with: MB130P94
Annotation -
For more than 450 million years, mycorrhizal symbiosis has co-determined the evolution of plants and fungi and
the development of most terrestrial
ecosystems. Over nearly half a billion years of existence, this most widespread symbiotic relationship has played a
fundamental role in
in the transition of plants to land, the evolution of woody plants and the significant expansion of forest ecosystems,
and continues to this day
on biogeochemical cycles of e.g. carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen. Currently, we know the mycorrhizal
association
in approximately 85% of all plant species. This symbiotic relationship affects both plants at the individual level (e.g.
water and mineral nutrient uptake, protection against pathogens) as well as on whole communities (e.g. by
influencing competi
communication between plants).
The lecture will offer a deeper insight into the origin and functioning of all types of mycorrhizal symbioses and an
understanding of the importance of
of this symbiosis for plants and fungi, but also for entire ecosystems.
Last update: Konrádová Hana, RNDr., Ph.D. (03.05.2024)
Literature -

Smith and Read (2008) Mycorrhizal symbiosis, 3rd edition

Tedersoo (2017) Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Ecological Studies 230

Last update: Konrádová Hana, RNDr., Ph.D. (03.05.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

oral exam

Last update: Konrádová Hana, RNDr., Ph.D. (03.05.2024)
Syllabus -

Phosphorus uptake in mycorrhizal plants

Nitrogen uptake in mycorrhizal plants

The role of mycorrhizae in plant water regime and stress tolerance

Mycorrhizal interactions at the cellular level

Genomics of ectomycorrhizal and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi

The importance of mycorrhizae in the global carbon cycle

Mycorrhizal symbiosis in global change - climate, biological invasions

Genomics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Vegetation ecology from mycorrhizal point of view

Use of mycorrhizae in forestry and agriculture

Importance of mycorrhizal networks

Last update: Konrádová Hana, RNDr., Ph.D. (03.05.2024)
 
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