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©Relationship between endophytic fungal diversity and colonization and soil factors of cultured blueberry roots in Guizhou Province, Southwest China

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Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) inhabit plant roots and soil in ecosystems and host plants worldwide. DSE colonization is influenced by cultivars, soil factors, and specific habitat conditions. The regular diversity of DSEs in blueberries in Guizhou, China, is still unclear. In this study, four cultivars (Gardenblue, Powderblue, O’Neal, and Legacy) in three areas (Gaopo, Majiang, and Fenggang) in Guizhou were used to identify DSEs by morphological and molecular biological methods and to clarify the relationship between DSE diversity and DSE colonization and soil factors of cultivated blueberries in Guizhou. The DSEs isolated from cultivated blueberry roots in 3 areas in Guizhou Province were different, belonging to 17 genera, and the dominant genera were Penicillium, Phialocephala, and Thozetella. DSEs isolated from Majiang belonged to 12 genera and 16 species, those from Gaopo belonged to 7 genera and 15 species, and those from Fenggang belonged to 5 genera and 7 species. Among the different blueberry varieties, 11 genera were isolated from O’Neal, 12 genera were isolated from Powderblue, 11 genera were isolated from Legacy and 13 genera were isolated from Gardenblue. Coniochaeta is endemic to O’Neal, Chaetomium and Curvularia are endemic to Powderblue, and Thielavia is endemic to Legacy. Correlation analysis showed that DSE diversity was significantly correlated with DSE colonization and soil factors.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32260651) and Guizhou Provincial Basic Research Program (Natural Science) (Qian Ke He Ji Chu-ZK [2023] Yi Ban 094).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. The conceptualization, software, validation, formal analysis, and writing—original draft preparation were performed by LS. The methodology, investigation, resources, and data curation were performed by SXJ. The writing—review and editing, visualization, supervision, project administration, and funding acquisition draft preparation were performed by HR. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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Li, S., Shang, XJ. & Hou, R. ©Relationship between endophytic fungal diversity and colonization and soil factors of cultured blueberry roots in Guizhou Province, Southwest China. Arch Microbiol 206, 86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-023-03808-1

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