Dr Michael Bitterlich
Senior Research Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Book Chapters
Bitterlich, Michael, Mercy, Louis, Arato, Miguel and Franken, Philipp (2020). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as biostimulants for sustainable crop production. Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science. (pp. 227-272) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi: 10.19103/as.2020.0068.09
Yakti, Wael, Andrade-Linares, Diana R., Ngwene, Bernard, Bitterlich, Michael, Kovacs, Gabor M. and Franken, Philipp (2019). Phosphate nutrition in root-fungus interactions. Endophytes for a growing world. (pp. 120-142) edited by Trevor R. Hodkinson, Fiona M. Doohan, Matthew J. Saunders and Brian R. Murphy. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108607667.007
Yakti, Wael, Andrade-Linares, Diana R., Ngwene, Bernard, Bitterlich, Michael, Kovács, Gábor M. and Franken, Philipp (2019). Phosphate nutrition in root- fungus interactions. Endophytes for a Growing World. (pp. 120-142) edited by Trevor R. Hodkinson, Fiona M. Doohan, Matthew J. Saunders and Brian R. Murphy. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108607667.007
Bitterlich, Michael, Graefe, Jan and Franken, Philipp (2017). Primary metabolism in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. Molecular mycorrhizal symbiosis. (pp. 217-238) Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118951446.ch13
Journal Articles
Lopes, I. G., Gómez-Brandón, M., Praeg, N., Claeys, J., Yakti, W., Bitterlich, M., Jones, J. J., Geilfus, C. M. and Klammsteiner, T. (2025). BugBook: critical considerations for evaluating and applying insect frass. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 11 (18), S507-S534. doi: 10.1163/23524588-bja10254
Bitterlich, Michael, Jansa, Jan, Graefe, Jan, Pauwels, Richard, Sudova, Radka, Rydlova, Jana and Puschel, David (2024). Drought accentuates the role of mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake, part II - the intraradical enzymatic response. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 193 109414, 109414. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109414
Puschel, David, Rydlova, Jana, Sudova, Radka, Jansa, Jan and Bitterlich, Michael (2024). Soil compaction reversed the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on soil hydraulic properties. Mycorrhiza, 34 (4), 361-368. doi: 10.1007/s00572-024-01153-9
Pueschel, David, Bitterlich, Michael, Rydlova, Jana, Bukovsk, Petra, Sudova, Radka and Jansa, Jan (2023). Benefits in plant N uptake via the mycorrhizal pathway in ample soil moisture persist under severe drought. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 187 109220, 109220. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109220
Graefe, Jan, Pauwels, Richard and Bitterlich, Michael (2023). Water flow within and towards plant roots-a new concurrent solution. In Silico Plants, 5 (2) diad016. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diad016
Abdalla, Mohanned, Bitterlich, Michael, Jansa, Jan, Pueschel, David and Ahmed, Mutez A. (2023). The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in improving plant water status under drought. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74 (16), 4808-4824. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad249
Pauwels, Richard, Graefe, Jan and Bitterlich, Michael (2023). An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus alters soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity in a soil texture specific way. Mycorrhiza, 33 (3), 165-179. doi: 10.1007/s00572-023-01106-8
Graefe, Jan, Grosch, Rita and Bitterlich, Michael (2022). The boundary layer conductance of inclined elliptical leaves under free convection. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 317 108884, 108884. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108884
Puschel, David, Bitterlich, Michael, Rydlova, Jana and Jansa, Jan (2021). Drought accentuates the role of mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 157 108243, 108243. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108243
Pauwels, Richard, Jansa, Jan, Puschel, David, Mueller, Anja, Graefe, Jan, Kolb, Steffen and Bitterlich, Michael (2020). Root growth and presence of Rhizophagus irregularis distinctly alter substrate hydraulic properties in a model system with Medicago truncatula. Plant and Soil, 457 (1-2), 131-151. doi: 10.1007/s11104-020-04723-w
Puschel, David, Bitterlich, Michael, Rydlova, Jana and Jansa, Jan (2020). Facilitation of plant water uptake by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus: a Gordian knot of roots and hyphae. Mycorrhiza, 30 (2-3), 299-313. doi: 10.1007/s00572-020-00949-9
Hansch, Franziska, Jaspar, Hannah, von Sivers, Lea, Bitterlich, Michael, Franken, Philipp and Kuehn, Christina (2020). Brassinosteroids and sucrose transport in mycorrhizal tomato plants. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 15 (2) 1714292. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1714292
von Sivers, Lea, Jaspar, Hannah, Johst, Bettina, Roese, Michael, Bitterlich, Michael, Franken, Philipp and Kuehn, Christina (2019). Brassinosteroids affect the symbiosis between the AM fungus Rhizoglomus irregularis and solanaceous host plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 571, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00571
Graefe, Jan, Pruefert, Uwe and Bitterlich, Michael (2019). Extension of the cylindrical root mode for water uptake to non-regular root distributions. Vadose Zone Journal, 18 (1) 180127. doi: 10.2136/vzj2018.06.0127
Bitterlich, Michael, Franken, Philipp and Graefe, Jan (2019). Atmospheric drought and low light impede mycorrhizal effects on leaf photosynthesisa glasshouse study on tomato under naturally fluctuating environmental conditions. Mycorrhiza, 29 (1), 13-28. doi: 10.1007/s00572-018-0872-6
Wang, Ming, Schaefer, Martin, Li, Dapeng, Halitschke, Rayko, Dong, Chuanfu, McGale, Erica, Paetz, Christian, Song, Yuanyuan, Li, Suhua, Dong, Junfu, Heiling, Sven, Groten, Karin, Franken, Philipp, Bitterlich, Michael, Harrison, Maria J., Paszkowski, Uta and Baldwin, Ian T. (2018). Blumenols as shoot markers of root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. eLife, 7 e37093, 1-26. doi: 10.7554/elife.37093
Bitterlich, Michael, Rouphael, Youssef, Graefe, Jan and Franken, Philipp (2018). Arbuscular mycorrhizas: a promising component of plant production systems provided favorable conditions for their growth. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 1329. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01329
Bitterlich, Michael, Franken, Philipp and Graefe, Jan (2018). Arbuscular mycorrhiza improves substrate hydraulic conductivity in the plant available moisture range under root growth exclusion. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 301. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00301
Bitterlich, Michael, Sandmann, Martin and Graefe, Jan (2018). Arbuscular mycorrhiza alleviates restrictions to substrate water flow and delays transpiration limitation to stronger drought in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 154, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00154
Bitterlich, Michael and Franken, Philipp (2016). Connecting polyphosphate translocation and hyphal water transport points to a key of mycorrhizal functioning. New Phytologist, 211 (4), 1147-1149. doi: 10.1111/nph.14104
Rouphael, Youssef, Rea, Elvira, Cardarelli, Mariateresa, Bitterlich, Michael, Schwarz, Dietmar and Colla, Giuseppe (2016). Can adverse effects of acidity and aluminum toxicity be alleviated by appropriate rootstock selection in cucumber?. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 1283. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01283
Bitterlich, Michael, Kruegel, Undine, Boldt-Burisch, Katja, Franken, Philipp and Kuehn, Christina (2014). The sucrose transporter SlSUT2 from tomato interacts with brassinosteroid functioning and affects arbuscular mycorrhiza formation. Plant Journal, 78 (5), 877-889. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12515
Kruegel, Undine, Bitterlich, Michael, Boldt-Burisch, Katja, Franken, Philipp and Kuehn, Christina (2014). Interaction of brassinosteroid functions and sucrose transporter SlSUT2 regulate the formation of arbuscular mycorrhiza. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 9 (10) e970426. doi: 10.4161/15592316.2014.970426
Boldt, Katja, Poers, Yvonne, Haupt, Bastian, Bitterlich, Michael, Kuehn, Christina, Grimm, Bernhard and Franken, Philipp (2011). Photochemical processes, carbon assimilation and RNA accumulation of sucrose transporter genes in tomato arbuscular mycorrhiza. Journal of Plant Physiology, 168 (11), 1256-1263. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.01.026
Conference Papers
Bitterlich, Michael and Pauwels, Richard (2024). Hyphal colonization of Rhizophagus irregularis increases unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of a loamy sand distant from roots. EGU21, Vienna, Austria, 19-30 April 2024.
Jacob, Eva, Camenzind, Tessa and Bitterlich, Michael (2024). The modulation of plant nutrition and soil properties by mycorrhizal fungi and their preferences for the soil texture they encounter. EGU24, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 April 2024.
Bitterlich, Michael, Bönecke, Eric and Rühlmann, Jörg (2024). Mycorrhiza likes clay - High resolution soil texture maps reveal a conserved correlation of maize mycorrhization to soil particle size across years and fields. EGU24, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 April 2024.