Wetland dicots and monocots differ in colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes
- 2 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Mycorrhiza
- Vol. 16 (7), 495-502
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-006-0064-7
Abstract
As an initial step towards evaluating whether mycorrhizas influence composition and diversity in calcareous fen plant communities, we surveyed root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate endophytic fungi (DSE) in 67 plant species in three different fens in central New York State (USA). We found colonization by AMF and DSE in most plant species at all three sites, with the type and extent of colonization differing between monocots and dicots. On average, AMF colonization was higher in dicots (58±3%, mean±SE) than in monocots (13±4%) but DSE colonization followed the opposite trend (24±3% in monocots and 9±1% in dicots). In sedges and cattails, two monocot families that are often abundant in fens and other wetlands, AMF colonization was usually very low (Keywords
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