Agricultural management affects communities of culturable root-endophytic fungi in temperate grasslands

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 35; no. 8; pp. 1143 - 1154
• Main Authors: Wilberforce, E.M., Boddy, Lynne, Griffiths, R., Griffith, G.W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2003; New York, NY Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Agricultural disturbance; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; Dark septate endophytes; Diversity index; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal ecology; Fusarium; Microbiology; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Root-colonising fungi; Soil science; Temperate grasslands; Dark septate endophytes; Fungal ecology; Root-colonising fungi; Fusarium; Temperate grasslands; Diversity index; Agricultural disturbance; Fungi; Endophyte; Microbial community; Thallophyta; Grassland soil

Three grassland sites of similar physical characteristics but differing management histories were chosen to test the hypothesis that agricultural disturbance has a deleterious effect on the diversity of culturable root-endophytic fungi and favours potentially pathogenic species. Species abundance da...