Epichloe Increases Root Fungal Endophyte Richness and Alters Root Fungal Endophyte Composition in a Changing World.

ABSTRACT: Plants harbor a variety of fungal symbionts both above- and belowground, yet little is known about how these fungi interact within hosts, especially in a world where resource availability is changing due to human activities. Systemic vertically transmitted endophytes such as Epichloë spp. may have particularly strong effects on the diversity and composition of later-colonizing symbionts such as root fungal endophytes, especially in primary successional systems. We made use of a long-term field experiment in Great Lakes sand dunes to test whether Epichloë colonization of the dune-building grass, Ammophila breviligulata, could alter fungal root endophyte species richness or community composition in host plants. We also tested whether nitrogen addition intensified the eff

SUBMITTER: Garces KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9697489 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature