When the 'wood-wide web' was first described in the journal Nature in 1997, our view of plant life took on a utopian glean.

Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch ...

Today, that symbiotic partnership between plants and fungi is called mycorrhizae ... and nutrients by essentially expanding their root network. They can even help protect against disease and ...

It is more likely plants use their communication networks to "eavesdrop" on their neighbours than alert them to dangers, an Oxford study has found.

but only if they connected to aphid-infested bean plants by a network of thread-like mycorrhizal mycelia—symbiotic fungal structures known to help gather more nutrients for the plants. The mechanism ...

But Stanford biologist Kabir Peay knows the humble mushroom sprouts from a vast network of tiny fungal strands branching out below ground, intertwined with the roots of trees and plants.

Illustration of the symbiotic association between plant and fungi in a mycorrhizal network. (Image credit: Andrea Danti / Alamy Stock Photo) Plants can communicate via a vast underground fungal ...

Active signaling between plants appears to contradict ... Scott. "Mycorrhizal fungi rely on the plants on their network for carbohydrates, so it's important to keep these plants in good condition.

is a general term describing a symbiotic relationship between a soil fungus and plant root. Unlike rhizobia and their legume partners, mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous and relatively ...

Researchers at the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) at the University of Bayreuth have found ...