Contrasting Responses of Rhizosphere Fungi of Scutellaria tsinyunensis, an Endangered Plant in Southwestern China.

ABSTRACT: Scutellaria tsinyunensis is an endangered species in southwest China, distributed sporadically in mountainous areas at an elevation of approximately 200 to 900 m. Rhizosphere soil properties and fungal communities play critical roles in plant survival and expansion. Nevertheless, understanding of soil properties and fungal communities in the S. tsinyunensis distribution areas is extremely limited. The present study examined soil properties and fungal communities in nearly all extant S. tsinyunensis populations at two altitudinal gradients (low and high groups). Our findings indicated that soil characteristics (i.e., soil pH, water content, and available phosphorus) were affected distinctively by altitudes (P < 0.05). In addition, the low altitude group harbored

SUBMITTER: Zuo YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9430849 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature