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Colonisation of spruce roots by two interacting ectomycorrhizal fungi in wood ash amended substrates

Mahmood, Shahid LU (2003) In FEMS Microbiology Letters 221(1). p.81-87
Abstract
Interactions between two ectomycorrhizal fungal species, Piloderma croceum Erikss. and Hjortst. and Piloderma sp. 1 (found to colonise spruce roots and wood ash granules in the field), were investigated in wood ash amended substrates. The comparative ability of these fungi to colonise roots of non-mycorrhizal spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings was studied in relation to factorial combinations of wood ash and N fertilisation. Non-mycorrhizal spruce seedlings (bait seedlings) were planted together with spruce seedlings colonised by P. croceum or Piloderma sp. 1. The growth substrate was a sand-peat mixture with wood ash or no ash and supplied with two levels of N, so that four substrate combinations were obtained. Piloderma sp. 1... (More)
Interactions between two ectomycorrhizal fungal species, Piloderma croceum Erikss. and Hjortst. and Piloderma sp. 1 (found to colonise spruce roots and wood ash granules in the field), were investigated in wood ash amended substrates. The comparative ability of these fungi to colonise roots of non-mycorrhizal spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings was studied in relation to factorial combinations of wood ash and N fertilisation. Non-mycorrhizal spruce seedlings (bait seedlings) were planted together with spruce seedlings colonised by P. croceum or Piloderma sp. 1. The growth substrate was a sand-peat mixture with wood ash or no ash and supplied with two levels of N, so that four substrate combinations were obtained. Piloderma sp. 1 mycelia colonised around 60% of the fine roots of bait seedlings in ash treatments regardless of N level and around 20-26% in treatments without ash. P. croceum only colonised 8% of the root tips in the presence of ash but 56% of the root tips in the low-N treatment without ash. However, in the high-N treatment without ash the colonisation level was reduced to around 30%. Total numbers of root tips per seedling did not vary significantly between the treatments. Possible reasons for the competitive advantage of Piloderma sp. 1 in wood ash fertilised substrate are discussed. (C) 2003 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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competition, PCR-RFLP, N fertilisation, wood ash, ectomycorrhizal fungi, spruce colonisation
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FEMS Microbiology Letters
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221
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Oxford University Press
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1574-6968
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10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00166-6
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English
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  author       = {{Mahmood, Shahid}},
  issn         = {{1574-6968}},
  keywords     = {{competition; PCR-RFLP; N fertilisation; wood ash; ectomycorrhizal fungi; spruce colonisation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{81--87}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{FEMS Microbiology Letters}},
  title        = {{Colonisation of spruce roots by two interacting ectomycorrhizal fungi in wood ash amended substrates}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00166-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00166-6}},
  volume       = {{221}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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