The biologist Raffaella Balestrini highlights the great potential of mycorrhizae in the response of plants to stress



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## The biologist Raffaella Balestrini highlights the great potential of mycorrhizae in the response of plants to stress

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Crop responses to environmental stress and the role of root-associated microorganisms, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, with the aim of improving plant tolerance, is one of the areas of research in plant molecular biology. The Universitat Jaume I of Castellón has hosted during this week the seventeenth meeting of this specialty that has brought together more than two hundred specialists in the field.

The program, with more than 40 interventions in various fields such as systems biology, environmental regulation, plant biotechnology or cell signaling, among others, has included three plenary lectures given by leading researchers, including the biologist and research director of the National Research Center (CNR) of Italy, Raffaella Balestrini.

The Italian researcher, who has contributed with her studies to highlight the characteristics of the genome of different mycorrhizal fungi, highlighted the "great potential of these microorganisms in improving tolerance to environmental stress" and the importance of integrating them into agroecosystem management. He also recalled the importance of the rhizosphere (the area near the root of plants where microbial life can be found) for its ability to recruit beneficial microorganisms from the soil.

Authorship: **Andreu Agost Carceller**

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