Foliar fungi-imposed costs to plant productivity moderate shifts in composition of the rhizosphere microbiome
Frontiers in Plant Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16
Опубликована: Март 5, 2025
Plants
in
grasslands
navigate
a
complex
landscape
of
interactions
including
competition
for
resources
and
defense
against
pathogens.
Foliar
fungi
can
suppress
plant
growth
directly
through
pathogenic
interactions,
or
indirectly
via
host
growth-defense
tradeoffs.
The
exclusion
foliar
allows
the
reallocation
from
to
reproduction.
In
addition,
plants
also
invest
photosynthates
rhizodeposition,
root
exudates,
which
play
significant
role
shaping
rhizosphere
microbial
community.
However,
it
remains
unclear
what
impact
has
on
allocation
rhizodeposition
composition
Using
6-year
fungicide
study
plots
planted
with
16
species
native
prairie
plants,
we
asked
whether
influence
common
grass
(Andropogon
gerardii)
legume
(Lespedeza
capatita).
We
found
that
increased
aboveground
biomass
season-long
production,
but
did
not
alter
biomass,
seed
diversity.
magnitude
change
production
was
significantly
associated
community
paired
fungicide-treated
vs.
control
plots.
These
results
suggest
important
coupling
between
fungal
infection
investment
modify
local
soil
Язык: Английский
Metagenomics and plant-microbe symbioses: Microbial community dynamics, functional roles in carbon sequestration, nitrogen transformation, sulfur and phosphorus mobilization for sustainable soil health
Biotechnology Advances,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
82, С. 108580 - 108580
Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2025
Язык: Английский