ArticleMycorrhiza2019
Plant-mediated partner discrimination in ectomycorrhizal mutualisms.
Article in Mycorrhiza, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Impact of nitrogen on ectomycorrhizal fungi: from resource exchange to forest carbon cycling.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- Convergence of root ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across Pinaceae developmental stages in temperate forests in northeastern China.iScience · 2025Article
- Functional team selection as a framework for local adaptation in plants and their belowground microbiomes.The ISME journal · 2025Review
- Environmental dependency of ectomycorrhizal fungi as soil organic matter oxidizers.The New phytologist · 2024Article
- Extreme specificity in obligate mutualism-A role for competition?Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Suillus: an emerging model for the study of ectomycorrhizal ecology and evolution.The New phytologist · 2024Review
- The influence of tree genus, phylogeny, and richness on the specificity, rarity, and diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi.Environmental microbiology reports · 2024Article
- Potential for functional divergence in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across a precipitation gradient.ISME communications · 2024Article
- Acquisition of host-derived carbon in biomass of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus is correlated to fungal carbon demand and plant defences.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2023Article
- Mobile forms of carbon in trees: metabolism and transport.Tree physiology · 2022Review
- Fungi as mediators linking organisms and ecosystems.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Review
- Photosynthetic product allocations ofFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Recently photoassimilated carbon and fungus-delivered nitrogen are spatially correlated in the ectomycorrhizal tissue of Fagus sylvatica.The New phytologist · 2021Article
- Ectomycorrhizal access to organic nitrogen mediates CONature communications · 2021Article
- Symbiont switching and trophic mode shifts in Orchidaceae.The New phytologist · 2021Article
- Phosphorus deficiencies invoke optimal allocation of exoenzymes by ectomycorrhizas.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- Evaluation of host effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal community compositions in a forested landscape in northern Japan.Royal Society open science · 2020Article
- Does fungal competitive ability explain host specificity or rarity in ectomycorrhizal symbioses?PloS one · 2020Article
- Digging Deeper: In Search of the Mechanisms of Carbon and Nitrogen Exchange in Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
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Abstract
Although ectomycorrhizal fungi have well-recognized effects on ecological processes ranging from plant community dynamics to carbon cycling rates, it is unclear if plants are able to actively influence the structure of these fungal communities. To address this knowledge gap, we performed two complementary experiments to determine (1) whether ectomycorrhizal plants can discriminate among potential fungal partners, and (2) to what extent the plants might reward better mutualists. In experiment 1, split-root Larix occidentalis seedlings were inoculated with spores from three Suillus species (S. clintonianus, S. grisellus, and S. spectabilis). In experiment 2, we manipulated the symbiotic quality of Suillus brevipes isolates on split-root Pinus muricata seedlings by changing the nitrogen resources available, and used carbon-13 labeling to track host investment in fungi. In experiment 1, we found that hosts can discriminate in multi-species settings. The split-root seedlings inhibited colonization by S. spectabilis whenever another fungus was available, despite similar benefits from all three fungi. In experiment 2, we found that roots and fungi with greater nitrogen supplies received more plant carbon. Our results suggest that plants may be able to regulate this symbiosis at a relatively fine scale, and that this regulation can be integrated across spatially separated portions of a root system.
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