Ectomycorrhizal and endophytic fungi associated with Alnus glutinosa growing in a saline area of central Poland.

ABSTRACT: Alnus glutinosa (black alder) is a mycorrhizal pioneer tree species with tolerance to high concentrations of salt in the soil and can therefore be considered to be an important tree for the regeneration of forests areas devastated by excessive salt. However, there is still a lack of information about the ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) associated with mature individuals of A. glutinosa growing in natural saline conditions. The main objective of this study was to test the effect of soil salinity and other physicochemical parameters on root tips colonized by EMF, as well as on the species richness and diversity of an EMF community associated with A. glutinosa growing in natural conditions. We identified a significant effect of soil salinity (expressed as electrical conductiv

SUBMITTER: Thiem D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5899101 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature