Perennial plant species from semiarid gypsum soils support higher AMF diversity in roots than the annual Bromus rubens

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• 作者：M.M. Alguacil^a ; ^{mmalguacil@cebas.csic.es} ; E. Torrecillas^a ; A. Roldá ; n^a ; G. Dí ; az^b ; M.P. Torres^b
• 关键词：Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ; Bromus rubens ; Diversity ; Gypsophilous ; Gypsum soils ; Herniaria fruticosa ; Semiarid ecosystems ; Senecio auricula
• 刊名：Soil Biology & Biochemistry
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：96_00380717
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：49
• 期：Complete
• 页码：132-138
• 文件大小：693 K

摘要

The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities composition regulate plant interactions and determine the structure of plant communities. In this study we analysed the diversity of AMF in the roots of two perennial gypsophyte plant species, Herniaria fruticosa and Senecio auricula, and an annual herbaceous species, Bromus rubens, growing in a gypsum soil from a semiarid area. The objective was to determine whether perennial and annual host plants support different AMF communities in their roots. The roots were analysed by nested PCR, cloning, sequencing of the ribosomal DNA small subunit region and phylogenetic analysis. Twenty AMF sequence types, belonging to the Glomus group A, Glomus group B, Diversisporaceae, Acaulosporaceae, Archaeosporaceae and Paraglomeraceae, were identified. Both gypsophyte perennial species, H.聽fruticosa and S.聽auricula had different compositions of the AMF community and higher diversity than B.聽rubens. This annual plant species shared the full composition of its AMF community with both perennial plant species. Seasonal variations in the colonisation of AM fungi could explain the observed differences in AMF community composition, but this is still a working hypothesis that requires the analysis of further data obtained from a higher number of both annual and perennial plant species in order to be fully tested.