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Monitoring CO2 emissions to gain a dynamic view of carbon allocation to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

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    SYSNO ASEP0482810
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleMonitoring CO2 emissions to gain a dynamic view of carbon allocation to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
    Author(s) Slavíková, Renata (MBU-M) RID
    Püschel, David (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Janoušková, Martina (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Hujslová, Martina (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Konvalinková, Tereza (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Gryndlerová, Hana (MBU-M) ORCID
    Gryndler, Milan (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Weiser, M. (CZ)
    Jansa, Jan (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Source TitleMycorrhiza. - : Springer - ISSN 0940-6360
    Roč. 27, č. 1 (2017), s. 35-51
    Number of pages17 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryDE - Germany
    KeywordsBelowground carbon (C) allocation ; C-13 isotope labelling ; Glomeromycota
    Subject RIVEE - Microbiology, Virology
    OECD categoryMicrobiology
    R&D ProjectsLK11224 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    GA14-19191S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Fellowship J. E. Purkyně GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
    Institutional supportMBU-M - RVO:61388971
    UT WOS000391391300004
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-016-0731-2
    AnnotationQuantification of carbon (C) fluxes in mycorrhizal plants is one of the important yet little explored tasks of mycorrhizal physiology and ecology. (CO2)-C-13 pulse-chase labelling experiments are increasingly being used to track the fate of C in these plant-microbial symbioses. Nevertheless, continuous monitoring of both the below- and aboveground CO2 emissions remains a challenge, although it is necessary to establish the full C budget of mycorrhizal plants. Here, a novel CO2 collection system is presented which allows assessment of gaseous CO2 emissions (including isotopic composition of their C) from both belowground and shoot compartments. This system then is used to quantify the allocation of recently fixed C in mycorrhizal versus nonmycorrhizal Medicago truncatula plants with comparable biomass and mineral nutrition. Using this system, we confirmed substantially greater belowground C drain in mycorrhizal versus nonmycorrhizal plants, with the belowground CO2 emissions showing large variation because of fluctuating environmental conditions in the glasshouse. Based on the assembled C-13 budget, the C allocation to the mycorrhizal fungus was between 2.3% (increased C-13 allocation to mycorrhizal substrate) and 2.9% (reduction of C-13 allocation to mycorrhizal shoots) of the plant gross photosynthetic production. Although the C allocation to shoot respiration (measured during one night only) did not differ between the mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal plants under our experimental conditions, it presented a substantial part (similar to 10%) of the plant C budget, comparable to the amount of CO2 released belowground. These results advocate quantification of both above- and belowground CO2 emissions in future studies.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Microbiology
    ContactEliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231
    Year of Publishing2018
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