Table 1.

Role of mycorrhizal fungi in mitigating soil nutrient deficiencies.

AMF species	Host plant	Nutrient	Mechanism	Reference
Rhizophagus irregularis	Medicago truncatula	P and Zn	MtZIP5 and MtPT4 gene induction increased	(Nguyen et al., 2019)
Mixed AMF	Leymus chinensis Puccinellia tenuiflora	P	Increase phytoavailable P in soil, promote P uptake and reduce N:P ratio	(Mei et al., 2019)
Rhizophagus irregularis	Maize	P	Increase root absorption area and soil P availability	(Ven et al., 2019)
Mixed AMF	Temperate tree species	P and N	Increase root exudation and promote P uptake	(Liese et al., 2018)
Rhizophagus irregularis	Barley	Zn	Modify ZIP transporter response and increase grain Zn bioavailability	(Watts-Williams and Cavagnaro, 2018)
Funneliformis mosseae	Cucumber	N, P, K, Ca, S, Zn, Fe, Mg, Mn	Promote nutrient uptake	(Chen et al., 2017)
Glomus mixed species	Sunflower	Fe	Increase iron reductase activity which ensure Fe uptake	(Kabir et al., 2020)
Indigenous mycorrhiza	Maize	K and Mg	Promote nutrient uptake along increase fertilizer efficiency	(Zare-Maivan et al., 2017)
Rhizophagus irregularis	Medicago truncatula	Zn	Stimulate the MtZIP6 gene expression and increase root absorption area	(Watts-Williams et al., 2017)
Mixed AMF	Wheat, Barely, Sorghum, maize	P	Increase P uptake and promote plant growth	(Frew, 2019)