Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce growth and infect roots of the non‐host plant Arabidopsis thaliana

• Published in: Plant, cell and environment Vol. 36; no. 11; pp. 1926 - 1937
• Main Authors: VEIGA, RITA S. L., FACCIO, ANTONELLA, GENRE, ANDREA, PIETERSE, CORNÉ M. J., BONFANTE, PAOLA, HEIJDEN, MARCEL G. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell 01.11.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: AM network; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis - growth & development; Arabidopsis - microbiology; Arabidopsis - ultrastructure; Arabidopsis thaliana; arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) incompatibility; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Colony Count, Microbial; Ecological function; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics; Genotype; growth reduction; Host plants; Lolium - growth & development; Lolium multiflorum; Microscopy; model system; Molecular biology; Mycorrhizae - physiology; Mycorrhizae - ultrastructure; Nitrogen - metabolism; non‐mycorrhizal plants; Nutrient availability; Parasitism and symbiosis; Phosphorus - metabolism; Plant nutrition; Plant physiology and development; Plant tissues; plant–microbe interactions; Rhizophagus; Rhizophagus irregularis; root infection; Roots; Symbiosis; Terrestrial ecosystems; Trifolium - growth & development; Trifolium pratense; Non host plant; growth reduction; Glomeromycota; Modeling; System; Fungi; Arabidopsis thaliana; Reduction; Cruciferae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; model system; non-mycorrhizal plants; Rhizophagus irregularis; Incompatibility; Root; Plant ecology; Symbiont; root infection; Infection; arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) incompatibility; Endomycorrhiza; Mycorrhiza; AM network; Spermatophyta; Experimental plant; plant―microbe interactions; Plant microorganism relation; plant-microbe interactions

The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is widespread throughout the plant kingdom but most terrestrial ecosystems also contain a considerable number of non‐mycorrhizal plants. The interaction of such non‐host plants with AM fungi is still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated whether...