I am a Professor of Mycorrhizal Ecology and Plant Nutrition at China Agricultural University. I finished my BA and PhD studies in the Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, at Northwestern Agricultural University, China. I have been working with arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont for 35 years. My research is focused on improving P efficient utilization and production of crops by AM fungi. My group is very interested in understanding how the fungi and P-solubilizing bacteria(PSB) synergistically promote soil P mobilization. In recent years, we developed some useful methods for quantifying AM-PSB interactions in the hyphosphere and published some interesting research papers.
E-mail: fenggu@cau.edu.cn
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-5009 ;
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=-mQlk WwAAAAJ&hl =en ;
Personal website: zihuan.cau.edu.cn/art/2016/11/29/art_24899_486535.html ;
Ten selected peer-reviewed research papers:
(1) Concepts and consequences of the hyphosphere core microbiome for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal fitness and function. New Phytologist, 2023 doi.org/10.1111/nph.19396 ;
(2) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance plant phosphorus uptake by stimulating hyphosphere soil microbiome functional profiles for phosphorus turnover. New Phytologist, 2023, doi.org/10.1111/nph.1877;
(3) A core microbiome in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has functional significance in organic phosphorus mineralization. New Phytologist, 2023, 238:859–873;
(4) A trade-off between space exploration and mobilization of organic phosphorus through associated microbiomes enables niche differentiation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the same root. Science China Life Sciences, 2023, 66, pages1426–1439;
(5) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra. Trends in Plant Science, 2022, 27(4):402-411;
(6) Exploring the secrets of hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: processes and ecological functions. Plant and Soil, 2022, 481: 1–22;
(7) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance the mineralization of organic P by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae. New Phytologist, 2021, 230: 304-315;
(8) Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases phosphorus uptake and productivity of mixtures of maize varieties compared to monocultures. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020,57:2203–2211;
(9) Signal beyond nutrient, fructose, exuded by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus triggers phytate mineralization by a phosphate solubilizing bacterium. The ISME J, 2018, 12:2339–2351;
(10) Carbon and phosphorus exchange may enable cooperation between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium. New Phytologist,2016, 210 (3):1022-1032
