Mehdi Zarei

TL;DR: It is revealed that further factors than HM soil concentration affect the AMF community at contaminated sites, and the soils' calcium carbonate equivalent and available P proved to be of importance, which illustrates that field studies on AMF distribution should also consider important environmental factors and their possible interactions.

TL;DR: Root colonization and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were analyzed in Veronica rechingeri growing in heavy metal and non-polluted soils of the Anguran Zn and Pb mining region (Iran) and phylogenetic analyses revealed seven different AMF sequence types all within the genus Glomus.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the extent of colloidal stability of the soils and the forms of Fe and Al oxides in the soils contributing to their stability, while oxalate and pyrophosphate extractable Fe (Feox, Fep) and to some extent total Al (Alt) were among the different forms of oxides that act as aggregating agents.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study in the forested upper part of a granitic catchment (Barhalde) of the Black Forest in Germany was carried out, where the authors analyzed the pedogenesis of a distinct pattern of podzolized soils in the cool, perhumid Black Forest.

TL;DR: Spore numbers were positively correlated with mycorrhizal colonization parameters, particularly with arbuscular abundance, and the variations of AM fungi propagules were better related to available than to total concentration of both metals.