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Soil Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities Differentially Affect Growth and Nutrient Uptake by Grapevine Rootstocks

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) deliver potentially significant services in sustainable agricultural ecosystems, yet we still lack evidence showing how AMF abundance and/or community composition can benefit crops. In this study, we manipulated AMF communities in grapevine rootstock and measured plant growth and physiological responses. Glasshouse experiments were set up to determine the interaction between rootstock variety and different AMF communities, using AMF communities originating under their own (i.e., “home”) soil and other rootstocks’ (i.e., “away”) soil. The results revealed that specific AMF communities had differential effects on grapevine rootstock growth and nutrient uptake. It was demonstrated that a rootstock generally performed better in the presence of its own AMF community. This study also showed that AMF spore diversity and the relative abundance of certain species is an important factor as, when present in equal abundance, competition between species was indicated to occur, resulting in a reduction in the positive growth outcomes. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the communities with some AMF communities increasing plant growth and nutrient uptake compared with others. The outcomes also demonstrated that some AMF communities indirectly influenced the chlorophyll content in grapevine leaves through the increase of specific nutrients such as K, Mn, and Zn. The findings also indicated that some AMF species may deliver particular benefits to grapevine plants. This work has provided an improved understanding of community level AMF-grapevine interaction and delivered an increased knowledge of the ecosystem services they provide which will benefit the wine growers and the viticulture industry.

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The authors acknowledge the help of Rowan Sprague, Sandy Hammond, and Myles Mackintosh, Lincoln University, with the experimental setup and harvesting process. The authors are also grateful to the Lincoln University Nursery staff for maintaining the pot experiments.

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This work was funded by The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Ltd. (Strategic Science Investment Fund, Project P/471778/08) and Lincoln University, New Zealand.

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Romy Moukarzel, Hayley J. Ridgway, Natalia Cripps-Guazzone & E. Eirian Jones

  2. Plant & Food Research, Canterbury Agriculture & Science Centre, Gerald St, Lincoln, 7608, New Zealand

    Hayley J. Ridgway

  3. Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Lauren Waller

  4. Mycotree C/-Southern Woods Nursery, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Alexis Guerin-Laguette

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Conceptualization: Eirian Jones, Hayley Ridgway; methodology: Romy Moukarzel, Natalia Cripps-Guazzone; formal analysis and investigation: Romy Moukarzel and Lauren Waller; writing—original draft preparation: Romy Moukarzel; writing—review and editing: Eirian Jones, Hayley Ridgway, Alexis Guerin-Laguette, Lauren Waller, Natalia Cripps-Guazzone; supervision: Eirian Jones, Hayley Ridgway, Alexis Guerin-Laguette.

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Moukarzel, R., Ridgway, H.J., Waller, L. et al. Soil Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities Differentially Affect Growth and Nutrient Uptake by Grapevine Rootstocks. Microb Ecol 86, 1035–1049 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02160-z

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