Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Local Adaptation in Aster amellus: A Field Transplant Experiment

0431619 - BÚ 2015 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Pánková, Hana - Raabová, J. - Münzbergová, Zuzana
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Local Adaptation in Aster amellus: A Field Transplant Experiment.
PLoS ONE. Roč. 9, č. 4 (2014), s. 1-7, e93967. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP504/10/1486
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : mycorrhizal symbiosis * local adaptation * Aster amellus
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 3.234, year: 2014

Higher mycorrhizal colonisation in the plants from region with lower soil nutrient content (region S) in both target regions indicates that mycorrhizal colonisation is an adaptive trait. However, lower aboveground biomass in the plants with lower mycorrhizal colonisation suggests that the plants from region K are in fact maladapted by their low inherent mycorrhizalcolonization. We conclude that including mycorrhizal symbiosis in local adaptation studies may increase our understanding of the mechanisms by which plants adapt to their environment.
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