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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Why Plants Harbor Complex Endophytic Fungal Communities: Insights From Perennial Bunchgrass

Anthony J Wenndt, Sarah E Evans, Anne D van Diepeningen, J Robert Logan, Peter J Jacobson, Mary K Seely, Kathryn M Jacobson

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anthony J WenndtPlant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Sarah E EvansDepartment of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Anne D van DiepeningenB.U. Biointeractions and Plant Health, Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
J Robert LoganDepartment of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Peter J JacobsonDepartment of Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, United States.
Mary K SeelyDesert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.
Kathryn M JacobsonDepartment of Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All perennial plants harbor diverse endophytic fungal communities, but why they tolerate these complex asymptomatic symbioses is unknown. Using a multi-pronged approach, we conclusively found that a dryland grass supports endophyte communities comprised predominantly of latent saprophytes that can enhance localized nutrient recycling after senescence. A perennial bunchgrass,

Indexed as

decompositiondrylandsendophytefungal communitylatent saprophytenutrient islands

Identifiers

PMID34168636
PMCPMC8217645

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