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ArticlePlant, cell & environment2026

Automated Phenotyping Unveils Trait-Specific Genotypic Variation in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Responsiveness in Maize (Zea mays).

Florian Berger, Peter Muth, Wouter K Vahl, Astrid Junker, Thomas Altmann, Stanislav Kopriva, Markus Herz, Caroline Gutjahr

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Florian BergerPlant Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5268-4276
Peter MuthPlant Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany.
Wouter K VahlBavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Freising, Germany.
Astrid JunkerLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Seeland, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-0308
Thomas AltmannLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Seeland, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3759-360X
Stanislav KoprivaInstitute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7416-6551
Markus HerzBavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Freising, Germany.
Caroline GutjahrPlant Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6163-745X

Funding

Bavarian State Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection (Germany)Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 031B0882JDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 390686111Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 456082119Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), a symbiosis between land plants and fungi that enhances plant mineral nutrition, has potential for application in sustainable agriculture. The extent to which plants benefit from the symbiosis depends on the plant-fungal genotype combination, providing opportunities for breeding symbiosis-optimized crops. Here, we analyzed several plant growth traits and shoot mineral element accumulation of 15 genetically diverse maize inbred lines in response to AM. Plants were grown in an automated phenotyping system, in which randomization produced reproducible shoot surface growth curves. We observed strong variation in AM responsiveness of shoot and root growth in a phosphate-poor alkaline substrate. This substrate caused stunted growth in non-inoculated control plants and a 165% to 633% increase in plant biomass in AM plants. We observed variation among the maize lines in the AM-mediated increase in total shoot content of 24 mineral elements plus phosphate and sulphate. While nitrate accumulated in control plants, it was not detectable in the shoots of AM plants. Growth traits and accumulation of mineral elements were not uniformly correlated across the 15 maize lines. An exploratory ridge-regression analysis showed that R

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Genetic VariationMycorrhizaeZea maysBiomassGenotypeMineralsPhenotypePhosphatesPlant RootsPlant ShootsSymbiosisMineralsPhosphatesarbuscular mycorrhizaautomated phenotypingionomicsmaizemycorrhiza responsivenessplant nutritionroot symbiosisroot system growthshoot growthtrait correlation

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PMCPMC13646665

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