Heterospecific Neighbor Plants Impact Root Microbiome Diversity and Molecular Function of Root Fungi.

ABSTRACT: Within the forest community, competition and facilitation between adjacent-growing conspecific and heterospecific plants are mediated by interactions involving common mycorrhizal networks. The ability of plants to alter their neighbor's microbiome is well documented, but the molecular biology of plant-fungal interactions during competition and facilitation has not been previously examined. We used a common soil-plant bioassay experiment to study molecular plant-microbial interactions among rhizosphere communities associated with Pinus taeda (native host) and Populus trichocarpa (non-native host). Gene expression of interacting fungal and bacterial rhizosphere communities was compared among three plant-pairs: Populus growing with Populus, Populus with P

SUBMITTER: Liao HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8601753 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature