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Martti Vasar is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields related to plant and fungal biology.

The main subjects of Martti Vasar's work include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Martti Vasar's recent publications cover a range of topics in fungal and microbial ecology with the following notable papers:

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles, 2020, published in Fungal Diversity
  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, 2021, published in New Phytologist
  • Global diversity and distribution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil, 2023, published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • A pile of pipelines: An overview of the bioinformatics software for metabarcoding data analyses, 2023, published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Co-introduction of native mycorrhizal fungi and plant seeds accelerates restoration of post-mining landscapes, 2020, published in Journal of Applied Ecology

Vasar frequently publishes in journals specialized in fungal and soil biology research. The primary publication venues include:

  • Mycorrhiza
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Fungal Diversity
  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors involved in related ecological and mycological studies. Key collaborators are:

  • Maarja Öpik
  • Tanel Vahter
  • Jane Oja
  • Martin Zobel
  • Kadri Koorem

Best Publications

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

  • Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism

    J. Davison;M. Moora;M. Öpik;A. Adholeya

  • Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    Maarja Öpik;Martin Zobel;Juan J. Cantero;John Davison

  • Species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: associations with grassland plant richness and biomass

    Inga Hiiesalu;Inga Hiiesalu;Meelis Pärtel;John Davison;Pille Gerhold

  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    John Davison;Mari Moora;Marina Semchenko;Marina Semchenko;Sakeenah Binte Adenan

  • Communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Detected in Forest Soil Are Spatially Heterogeneous but Do Not Vary throughout the Growing Season

    John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Martin Zobel;Martti Vasar

  • Anthropogenic land use shapes the composition and phylogenetic structure of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Mari Moora;John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Madis Metsis

  • Dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure and functioning along a nitrogen enrichment gradient in an alpine meadow ecosystem.

    Shengjing Jiang;Yongjun Liu;Jiajia Luo;Mingsen Qin

  • More bang for the buck? Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities be characterized adequately alongside other fungi using general fungal primers?

    Ylva Lekberg;Martti Vasar;Lorinda S. Bullington;Siim-Kaarel Sepp

  • The composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differs among the roots, spores and extraradical mycelia associated with five Mediterranean plant species.

    Sara Varela-Cervero;Martti Vasar;John Davison;José Miguel Barea

  • Plant species richness belowground: higher richness and new patterns revealed by next‐generation sequencing

    Inga Hiiesalu;Maarja Öpik;Madis Metsis;Liisa Lilje

  • The role of plant mycorrhizal type and status in modulating the relationship between plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Lena Neuenkamp;Mari Moora;Maarja Öpik;John Davison

  • Non-random association patterns in a plant-mycorrhizal fungal network reveal host-symbiont specificity.

    Siim‐Kaarel Sepp;John Davison;Teele Jairus;Martti Vasar

  • Symbiont dynamics during ecosystem succession: co-occurring plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    David García de León;Mari Moora;Maarja Öpik;Lena Neuenkamp

  • Hierarchical assembly rules in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities

    John Davison;Mari Moora;Teele Jairus;Martti Vasar

  • Microbial island biogeography: isolation shapes the life history characteristics but not diversity of root-symbiotic fungal communities

    John Davison;Mari Moora;Maarja Öpik;Leho Ainsaar

  • Sequence variation in nuclear ribosomal small subunit, internal transcribed spacer and large subunit regions of Rhizophagus irregularis and Gigaspora margarita is high and isolate‐dependent

    Odile Thiéry;Martti Vasar;Teele Jairus;John Davison

  • Global diversity and distribution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil

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  • A pile of pipelines: An overview of the bioinformatics software for metabarcoding data analyses.

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  • Increased sequencing depth does not increase captured diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Martti Vasar;Reidar Andreson;Reidar Andreson;John Davison;Teele Jairus

  • Plant traits determine the phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities.

    Álvaro López-García;Sara Varela-Cervero;Martti Vasar;Maarja Öpik

  • Diversity of root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a rubber tree plantation chronosequence in Northeast Thailand

    Laetitia Herrmann;Laetitia Herrmann;Didier Lesueur;Didier Lesueur;Lambert Bräu;John Davison

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarja Öpik
Maarja Öpik University of Tartu
Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel University of Tartu
John Davison
John Davison University of Tartu
Mari Moora
Mari Moora University of Tartu
Meelis Pärtel
Meelis Pärtel University of Tartu
Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Mohammad Bahram
Mohammad Bahram Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
C. Guillermo Bueno
C. Guillermo Bueno Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología

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