Arbuscular mycorrhizal conserved genes are recruited for ectomycorrhizal symbiosis
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Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis prepares its host locally and systemically for abiotic cue signaling.
...Published in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
Tree growth and survival are dependent on their ability to perceive signals, integrate them, and trigger timely and fitted molecular and growth responses. While ectomycorrhizal symbiosis is a predominant tree-microbe interaction in forest ecosystems, little is known about how and to what extent it helps trees cope with environmental changes. We hyp...
Specificity in plant-mycorrhizal fungal relationships: prevalence, parameterization, and prospects
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Species interactions exhibit varying degrees of specialization, ranging from generalist to specialist interactions. For many interactions (e.g., plant-microbiome) we lack standardized metrics of specialization, hindering our ability to apply comparative frameworks of specificity across niche axes and organismal groups. Here, we discuss the concept ...
DNA hypomethylation of the host tree impairs interaction with mutualistic ectomycorrhizal fungus.
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Published in The New phytologist
Ectomycorrhizas are an intrinsic component of tree nutrition and responses to environmental variations. How epigenetic mechanisms might regulate these mutualistic interactions is unknown. By manipulating the level of expression of the chromatin remodeler DECREASE IN DNA METHYLATION 1 (DDM1) and two demethylases DEMETER-LIKE (DML) in Populus tremula...
Root-associated fungal communities are influenced more by soils than by plant-host root traits in a Chinese tropical for...
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Published in The New phytologist
Forest fungal communities are shaped by the interactions between host tree root systems and the associated soil conditions. We investigated how the soil environment, root morphological traits, and root chemistry influence root-inhabiting fungal communities in three tropical forest sites of varying successional status in Xishuangbanna, China. For 15...
Aromatic Plants and Their Associated Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Outcompete Tuber melanosporum in Compatibility Assays ...
The high value of black truffle recompenses the slow growth of the fungus when established in the field. Adding a secondary crop, such as medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), could further enhance the sustainability of truffle production agro-forest systems. The dual cultures of ectomycorrhizal truffle-oak seedlings and MAPs (lavender, thyme, and ...
Plant responses to soil biota depend on precipitation history, plant diversity, and productivity.
Published in Ecology
Soil biota are critical drivers of plant growth, population dynamics, and community structure and thus have wide-ranging effects on ecosystem function. Interactions between plants and soil biota are complex, however, and can depend on the diversity and productivity of the plant community and environmental conditions. Plant-soil biota interactions m...
Novel mycorrhizal cheating in a green orchid: Cremastra appendiculata depends on carbon from deadwood through fungal ass...
Published in The New phytologist
To date, there has been no robust evidence for the exploitation of saprotrophic non-rhizoctonia fungi by green plants, although some fully mycoheterotrophic orchids are known to exploit them, and mycoheterotrophic evolution has probably occurred through intermediate mixotrophic stages. We investigated the physiological ecology of a fully mycohetero...
Water stress and disruption of mycorrhizas induce parallel shifts in phyllosphere microbiome composition.
Published in The New phytologist
Water and nutrient acquisition are key drivers of plant health and ecosystem function. These factors impact plant physiology directly as well as indirectly through soil- and root-associated microbial responses, but how they in turn affect aboveground plant-microbe interactions are not known. Through experimental manipulations in the field and growt...
Multimodal correlative imaging and modelling of phosphorus uptake from soil by hyphae of mycorrhizal fungi
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Published in The New Phytologist
Phosphorus (P) is essential for plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) aid its uptake by acquiring P from sources distant from roots in return for carbon. Little is known about how AMF colonise soil pore‐space, and models of AMF‐enhanced P‐uptake are poorly validated. We used synchrotron X‐ray computed tomography to visualize mycorrhizas ...
