A meta-analysis of the effects of climate change on the mutualism between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

ABSTRACT: Climate change and other anthropogenic activities have the potential to alter the dynamics of resource exchange in the mutualistic symbiosis between plants and mycorrhizal fungi, potentially altering its stability. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which interact with most plant species, are less cold-tolerant than other groups of fungi; warming might therefore lead to increased fungal-mediated nutrient transfers to plants, which could strengthen the mutualism. By stimulating photosynthesis, rising CO₂ could reduce the carbon cost of supporting AM fungi, which may also strengthen the mutualism. Furthermore, rising temperature and CO₂ could have stronger effects on the mutualism in wild plants than in domesticated plants because the process of domestication can reduce

SUBMITTER: Duarte AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796888 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature