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The role of mycorrhizal symbiosis was long related to its impact on the mineral nutrition of the host plant and consequently on the development of the plant species.

However, it is proved that this symbiotic process significantly interacts with the other biological components of the ecosystem (Ex: microbial microflora, microfauna and mesofauna, etc) to optimize the implication of these micro-organisms in the operation of the major biogeochemical cycles (N, P and C).

Recent results also showed the importance of mycorrhizal symbioses in structuring the epigeous strata (plant diversity, stability and productivity of the ecosystem).

In the context of operations for the conservation and increasing the status of Mediterranean plant diversity or within the framework of practices aiming at rehabilitating degraded soils, the management of this microbial and symbiotic component of the soils seems necessary to ensure the success of this kind of intervention on natural or anthropized ecosystems.

The main objectives of this congress are to present recent results concerning the expected benefits of controlling mycorrhizal symbiosis both for the level of the conservation and endemic plant diversity of Mediterranean area and for the rehabilitation of degraded soils (eg: mining sites).

These scientific themes will be approached with a view to the fields of study related to the sustainable management of plant diversity and the productivity of Mediterranean agro- and ecosystems.

It will allow the various stakeholders (researchers, decision makers, managers, students) to share and confront the current biotechnology known concerning mycorrhizal symbioses and their use as a biological tool ensuring the sustainability of degraded natural or anthropized ecosystems.

MYCOMED 11-13 October 2010, Marrakesh, Morocco