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Ecology/Pathology Nguyen, Nhu H. [1], Williams, Laura [2], Cavender-Bares, Jeannine [3], Gravel, Dominique [4], Meisser, Christian [5], Paquette, Alain [5], Reiche, Peter [6], Kennedy, Peter G. [1]. Host tree diversity as drivers of ectomycorrhizal richness. Recent correlative analyses suggest that host phylogenetic composition may be an important determinant of ectomycorrhizal fungal richness, with communities of higher host phylogenetic richness hosting a greater number of ectomycorrhizal fungal species. To mechanistically assess this relationship, we applied a field experimental approach in which host phylogenetic diversity was manipulated, from no phylogenetic diversity (monoculture) to medium phylogenetic diversity (gymnosperms vs. angiosperms) and high phylogenetic diversity (North American vs. European). We assessed ectomycorrhizal fungal richness by using Illumina sequencing. Our results indicate that there is a relationship between host phylogenetic diversity and ectomycorrhizal fungal richness, and that there is some signal of host origin and ectomycorrhizal richness.
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1 - University of Minnesota, Plant Biology, 250 Biological Sciences, 1445 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
2 - University of Minnesota, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
3 - University Of Minnesota, 100 ECOLOGY BLDG, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
4 - Université du Québec à Rimouski, Département de biologie, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
5 - Université du Québec à Montréal, Centre d'étude de la forêt, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
6 - University of Minnesota, Dept. of Forest Resources, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
Keywords:
host-associated microbiota
Ectomycorrhizae
biodiversity.
Presentation Type: Offered Paper - Paper
Session: 11
Location: Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Date: Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Time: 11:15 AM
Number: 11004
Abstract ID:186
Candidate for Awards:None |
