Interaction between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Host Plant,and Their Impacts on Plants Inter-specific Competition

Arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungi and inter-specific competition are considered as the two main factors which affect plant community structures and stabilities in natural and artificial ecosystems.According to the effects of symbionts,the interaction between AM fungi and plant inter-specific competition has become one of the hotspots in applied and theoretical ecology,which study on revealing the dynamic,structure,biodiversity and stability of plant community.On the basis of this,the objective of this study was to investigate the interaction between AM fungi and their host plants,which showed that there were positive benefits to both of AM fungi and host plants.According to the influence of AM symbionts,there were two kinds of inter-competition effects: the competitive exclusion and the competitive coexistence.The impacts,mechanisms,and strategies which related to inter-specific competition with AM fungi were given out.Otherwise,the perspective of AM fungi and inter-specific competition were also discussed.