Common mycorrhizal networks amplify competition by preferential mineral nutrient allocation to large host plants

© 2016 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2016 New Phytologist Trust.

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Publié dans:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 212(2016), 2 vom: 29. Okt., Seite 461-71
Auteur principal: Weremijewicz, Joanna (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Sternberg, Leonel da Silveira Lobo O'Reilly, Janos, David P
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2016
Accès à la collection:The New phytologist
Sujets:Journal Article 15N Andropogon gerardii arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) competition manganese nitrogen shade Minerals plus... Manganese 42Z2K6ZL8P Nitrogen N762921K75
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Résumé:© 2016 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2016 New Phytologist Trust.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi interconnect plants in common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) which can amplify competition among neighbors. Amplified competition might result from the fungi supplying mineral nutrients preferentially to hosts that abundantly provide fixed carbon, as suggested by research with organ-cultured roots. We examined whether CMNs supplied (15) N preferentially to large, nonshaded, whole plants. We conducted an intraspecific target-neighbor pot experiment with Andropogon gerardii and several AM fungi in intact, severed or prevented CMNs. Neighbors were supplied (15) N, and half of the target plants were shaded. Intact CMNs increased target dry weight (DW), intensified competition and increased size inequality. Shading decreased target weight, but shaded plants in intact CMNs had mycorrhizal colonization similar to that of sunlit plants. AM fungi in intact CMNs acquired (15) N from the substrate of neighbors and preferentially allocated it to sunlit, large, target plants. Sunlit, intact CMN, target plants acquired as much as 27% of their nitrogen from the vicinity of their neighbors, but shaded targets did not. These results suggest that AM fungi in CMNs preferentially provide mineral nutrients to those conspecific host individuals best able to provide them with fixed carbon or representing the strongest sinks, thereby potentially amplifying asymmetric competition below ground
Description:Date Completed 05.02.2018
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.14041