Seed and Root Endophytic Fungi in a Range Expanding and a Related Plant Species.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is accelerating the spread of plants and their associated species to new ranges. The differences in range shift capacity of the various types of species may disrupt long-term co-evolved relationships especially those belowground, however, this may be less so for seed-borne endophytic microbes. We collected seeds and soil of the range-expanding Centaurea stoebe and the congeneric Centaurea jacea from three populations growing in Slovenia (native range of both Centaurea species) and the Netherlands (expanded range of C. stoebe, native range of C. jacea). We isolated and identified endophytic fungi directly from seeds, as well as from roots of the plants grown in Slovenian, Dutch or sterilized soil to compare fungal endophyte composition. Furt

SUBMITTER: Geisen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5581836 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature