Kurt Ineichen

TL;DR: The increased land use intensity was correlated with a decrease in AMF species richness and with a preferential selection of species that colonized roots slowly but formed spores rapidly.

TL;DR: The findings show that some AMF species present in natural ecosystems are maintained under organic farming but severely depressed under conventional Farming, indicating a potentially severe loss of ecosystem function under conventional farming.

TL;DR: Results indicate that it may be beneficial for a plant to be colonized by different AMF taxa in different seasons and that AMF play a key role in grassland by improving plant nutrition and soil structure, and by regulating the make-up of the plant community.

TL;DR: Investigation of soil profiles of extensively and intensively managed agroecosystems indicates that the AMF communities in deep soil layers are surprisingly diverse and different from the topsoil, and should be included in studies to get a complete picture of AMF diversity.

TL;DR: Data show that the diversity of AMF is not always low in arable soils, and suggests that low‐input agriculture involving crop rotation may provide better conditions to preserve AMF diversity, by preventing the selection for the few AMF taxa tolerating high nutrient levels.