菌根(mycorrhiza)是真菌与植物之间形成的最广泛的共生体。菌根真菌(rnycorrhizal fungi)具有丰富遗传多样性、形态多样性、物种多样性、生态系统多样性和功能多样性。菌根真菌与植物协同进化,发挥生理生态功能,对促进农林牧业生产、保持生态系统的稳定及其可持续生产力具有重大而不可替代的作用。经过一个多世纪的研究发展,菌根学(mycorrhizology)——菌物学与植物学的杂交学科终于在21世纪诞生了。随着研究的深入,人们发现菌根学不仅与菌物学和植物学关系极为密切,而且还与生态学、土壤学、保护生物学、植物保护学、微生物学、食用菌学、园林园艺学、作物栽培与耕作学、昆虫学等密切相关。作为一门新兴学科,菌根学自身发展的同时,也大大促进了相关学科的进展。本文系统总结了菌根学对其他学科发展所作的贡献,旨在进一步加强菌根学与其他学科的交叉渗透,为菌根学与其他学科协同进化奠定理论基础、促进多学科合作研究,为21世纪生物学的更大发展注入新的活力。
Mycorrhiza is the most extensive symbiont between fungi and plant. Mycorrhizal fungi possess a rich genetic diversity, morphological diversity, specific diversity, ecosystem diversity and function diversity. Mycorrhizal fungi and plant are synergetic evolution giving full scope to physiological and ecological function, and possessing eventful and irreplaceable role to promote agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, to keep the ecological system stable and its sustainable productivity. Mycorrhizology is a hybrid science of mycology and botany finally came into the world in the 21st century after the research development in more than a century. Concomitant with the intensive research, it was found that mycorrhizology has not only a close relationship with mycology and botany, but also has a close relation with ecology, pedology, protect biology, microbiology, edible fungi, garden horticulture, plant protection, science of edible fungus, horticulture, and crop cultivation and tillage science, and entomology etc. As a rising science, mycorrhizology develop itself, it simultaneously and also greatly promotes the development of related disciplines. The contribution of mycorrhizology to other disciplines is summarized systematically in this paper aiming at further strengthening the crisscross interpenetration between mycorrhizology and other subjects, to lay the theoretical foundation for synergistic evolution of myeorrhizology with other subjects, to enhance the collaboration of multidisciplinary studies, and to inject new vitality in the larger development of biology in 21st century