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Differences in AM fungal root colonization between populations of perennial Aster species have genetic reasons

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We tested the hypothesis whether differences between plant populations in root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi could be caused by genetic differentiation between populations. In addition, we investigated whether the response to AM fungi differs between plants from different populations and if it is affected by the soil in which the plants are cultivated. We used Aster amellus, which occurs in fragmented dry grasslands, as a model species and we studied six different populations from two regions, which varied in soil nutrient concentration.

We found significant differences in the degree of mycorrhizal colonization of plant roots between regions in the field. To test if these differences were due to phenotypic plasticity or had a genetic basis, we performed a greenhouse experiment. The results suggested that Aster amellus is an obligate mycotrophic plant species with a high dependency upon mycorrhiza. Plant biomass was affected only by soil, and not by population or the interaction between the population and the soil. Mycorrhizal colonization was significantly affected by all three factors (soil, population, interaction of soil and population). Plants from the population originating from the soil with lower nutrient availability developed more mycorrhiza even when grown in soil with higher nutrient availability. The correspondence between mycorrhizal colonization of plants in the field and in both soils in the pot experiment suggests that the observed differences in root colonization have a genetic basis.

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Financial support for this study was provided by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Grants A600050705 and AV0Z60050516) and by the Grant Agency of the Charles University (Grant 199/2005). We declare that the experiments comply with the current laws of the Czech Republic.

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  1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 120 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic

    Hana Pánková & Zuzana Münzbergová

  2. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic

    Hana Pánková, Zuzana Münzbergová, Jana Rydlová & Miroslav Vosátka

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Pánková, H., Münzbergová, Z., Rydlová, J. et al. Differences in AM fungal root colonization between populations of perennial Aster species have genetic reasons. Oecologia 157, 211–220 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1064-4

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