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Arik Joukhajian
First publication from my PhD with @sydneyglassman.bsky.social out now at Env. Microbiology! Lots of AMF diversity around Eastern Joshua trees throughout the seasons, while remaining mostly distinct from Western Joshua tree AMF
You can read the pre-print of my latest work on Eastern Joshua tree arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi over at bioxriv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
Eastern Joshua tree associating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase spore abundance and species richness after summer rains. A majority of species are shared between root and soil samples, and most...
The Mojave Desert is home to iconic Joshua trees threatened by climate change. Most desert plants form mutually beneficial partnerships with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), yet the AMF of the East...
Who lives belowground across Armenia’s threatened landscapes—one of Earth's 25 biodiversity hotspots? Beneath the Eastern Anatolian montane steppe and the Caucasus mixed forests, fungi weave invisible networks.
The Int'l Congress of Armenian Mycologists is mapping rare fungi before it's too late.
Arik Joukhajian
📣 GSBI's latest blog has just been published 🎉
In this blog, Dr. Stefanie Lutz and Dr. Marcel van der Heijden discuss their recent paper in which they found that the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are underestimated globally 🦠🍄🌱
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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
By Stefanie Lutz & Marcel van der Heijden, University of Zurich and Agroscope The symbiotic relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi is an ancient and vital cornerstone of life on…
