Alberto Bago

TL;DR: It is concluded that, unlike many other mutualisms, the symbiont cannot be “enslaved,” and the mutualism is evolutionarily stable because control is bidirectional, and partners offering the best rate of exchange are rewarded.

TL;DR: From experiments in different colonized host roots growing under several environmental conditions, it seems that GintAQP1 gene expression is regulated in a compensatory way regarding host root aquaporin expression, which could be involved in the transport of water from osmotically favorable growing mycelium or host roots to salt-stressed tissues.

TL;DR: The findings provide new evidences that the contribution of AM fungi to the enhanced drought tolerance of the host plant can be mediated by a group of proteins (the 14-3-3) that regulate both signaling pathways and also effector proteins involved in the final plant responses.

TL;DR: The appropriateness of AM in vitro culture systems to perform in vivo studies on the biology of this symbiosis is highlighted and new avenues to the formulation of in vitro AMF inoculants are opened.

TL;DR: The identification of GiBiP gene provides new evidences that the contribution of AM fungi to the enhanced drought tolerance of the host plant can be mediated by proteins with chaperone-like activity, such as that of BiP.