ArticleOecologia2009
Specific bottom-up effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a plant-herbivore-parasitoid system.
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- Root microbes can improve plant tolerance to insect damage: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Ecology · 2025Pooled it
- Influence of arbuscular mycorrhiza on growth and reproductive response of plants under water deficit: a meta-analysis.Mycorrhiza · 2014Pooled it
- Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi: Their Role in Enhancing Plant Resistance, Managing Insect Pests, and Synergy with Management Routines.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Cereal Aphid Parasitoids in Europe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): Taxonomy, Biodiversity, and Ecology.Insects · 2022Review
- The Effects of an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus and Rhizobium Symbioses on Soybean Aphid Mostly Fail to Propagate to the Third Trophic Level.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Effects of Light Quality on Colonization of Tomato Roots by AMF and Implications for Growth and Defense.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the responses ofFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Characterizing rhizosphere microbial communities associated with tolerance to aboveground herbivory in wild and domesticated tomatoes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza on Primary Metabolites in Phloem Exudates ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Aphid Herbivory Drives Asymmetry in Carbon for Nutrient Exchange between Plants and an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus.Current biology : CB · 2020Article
- High levels of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus colonization on Medicago truncatula reduces plant suitability as a host for pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum).Insect science · 2020Article
- Assessment of Local and Systemic Changes in Plant Gene Expression and Aphid Responses during Potato Interactions with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Potato Aphids.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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- Growing Research Networks on Mycorrhizae for Mutual Benefits.Trends in plant science · 2018Review
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- Colonization by nitrogen-fixing Frankia bacteria causes short-term increases in herbivore susceptibility in red alder (Alnus rubra) seedlings.Oecologia · 2017Article
- Unravelling mycorrhiza-induced wheat susceptibility to the English grain aphid Sitobion avenae.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Rhizobacterial colonization of roots modulates plant volatile emission and enhances the attraction of a parasitoid wasp to host-infested plants.Oecologia · 2015Article
- How can we exploit above-belowground interactions to assist in addressing the challenges of food security?Frontiers in plant science · 2013Review
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Abstract
The majority of plants are involved in symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and these associations are known to have a strong influence on the performance of both plants and insect herbivores. Little is known about the impact of AMF on complex trophic chains, although such effects are conceivable. In a greenhouse study we examined the effects of two AMF species, Glomus intraradices and G. mosseae on trophic interactions between the grass Phleum pratense, the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi, and the parasitic wasp Aphidius rhopalosiphi. Inoculation with AMF in our study system generally enhanced plant biomass (+5.2%) and decreased aphid population growth (-47%), but there were no fungal species-specific effects. When plants were infested with G. intraradices, the rate of parasitism in aphids increased by 140% relative to the G. mosseae and control treatment. When plants were associated with AMF, the developmental time of the parasitoids decreased by 4.3% and weight at eclosion increased by 23.8%. There were no clear effects of AMF on the concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus in plant foliage. Our study demonstrates that the effects of AMF go beyond a simple amelioration of the plants' nutritional status and involve rather more complex species-specific cascading effects of AMF in the food chain that have a strong impact not only on the performance of plants but also on higher trophic levels, such as herbivores and parasitoids.
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