I have already mentioned in some of my publications that arbuscular mycorrhizae play a determining role in plant nutrition, especially phosphorus nutrition, in the context of sustainable agriculture.
▶ This association, among other advantages and benefits, favors the uptake, translocation and transfer of phosphorus to the host plant, dispensing with the use of chemical fertilizers and their serious negative impact on the environment.
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Although the main benefit attributed to arbuscular mycorrhizae is the increase in the absorption of phosphorus, copper and zinc, they also favor the absorption of other essential nutrients, such as N, K, Mg, Ca, Fe and S.
This symbiosis is fundamental to promote sustainable agriculture and, with it, the balance of agricultural systems, because in addition to the nutritional benefits, they offer other advantages.
Among the advantages are that this symbiosis favors water absorption and water balance, protects plants against the attack of root pathogens, improves soil structure and the stability of soil aggregates.
They also favor the bioremediation of soils with presence of heavy metals and contaminating organic compounds, recovery of degraded soils, among others.
NOTE: Reference material.