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Facilitation of plant water uptake by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus: a Gordian knot of roots and hyphae
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SYSNO ASEP 0532337 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Facilitation of plant water uptake by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus: a Gordian knot of roots and hyphae Author(s) Püschel, David (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Bitterlich, M. (DE)
Rydlová, Jana (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Jansa, J. (CZ)Source Title Mycorrhiza. - : Springer - ISSN 0940-6360
Roč. 30, 2-3 (2020), s. 299-313Number of pages 15 s. Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords arbuscular mycorrhiza ; plant water uptake ; deuterium labeling Subject RIV EF - Botanics OECD category Plant sciences, botany R&D Projects GA17-12166S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support BU-J - RVO:67985939 UT WOS 000524371500002 EID SCOPUS 85083402115 DOI 10.1007/s00572-020-00949-9 Annotation Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a positive role in plant water relations, and the AM symbiosis is often cited as beneficial for overcoming drought stress of host plants. Nevertheless, water uptake via mycorrhizal hyphal networks has been little addressed experimentally, especially so through isotope tracing. In a greenhouse study conducted in two-compartment rhizoboxes, Medicago truncatula was planted in the primary compartment (PC), either inoculated with Rhizophagus irregularis or left uninoculated. Plant roots were either allowed to enter the secondary compartment (SC) orwere restricted to the PC by rootexcluding mesh. Substrate moisture was manipulated in the PC such that the plants were grown either in high moisture (15% of gravimetric water content, GWC) or low moisture (8%GWC). Meanwhile, the SC was maintained at 15%GWC throughout and served as a water source accessible (or not) by roots and/or hyphae. Water in the SC was labeled with deuterium (D) to quantify water uptake by the plants from the SC. Significantly, increased D incorporation into plants indicated higher water uptake by mycorrhizal plants when roots had access to the D source, but this was mainly explained by generally larger mycorrhizal root systems in proximity to the D source. On the other hand, AM fungal hyphae with access to the D source increased D incorporation into plants more than twofold compared to non-mycorrhizal plants. Despite this strong effect, water transport via AM fungal hyphae was low compared to the transpiration demand of the plants. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2021 Electronic address http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0311202
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