Role of plant–fungal nutrient trading and host control in determining the competitive success of ectomycorrhizal fungi

S Hortal, KL Plett, JM Plett, T Cresswell… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Multiple ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) compete to colonise the roots of a host plant, but it is
not known whether their success is under plant or fungal control, or a combination of both …

Inorganic nitrogen availability alters Eucalyptus grandis receptivity to the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus albus but not symbiotic nitrogen transfer

KL Plett, VR Singan, M Wang, V Ng… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forest trees are able to thrive in nutrient‐poor soils in part because they obtain growth‐
limiting nutrients, especially nitrogen (N), through mutualistic symbiosis with ectomycorrhizal …

[HTML][HTML] Competition-function tradeoffs in ectomycorrhizal fungi

HV Moeller, KG Peay - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background. The extent to which ectomycorrhizal fungi mediate primary production, carbon
storage, and nutrient remineralization in terrestrial ecosystems depends upon fungal …

Fungal metabolism and free amino acid content may predict nitrogen transfer to the host plant in the ectomycorrhizal relationship between Pisolithus spp. and …

KL Plett, D Wojtalewicz, IC Anderson… - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are crucial for tree nitrogen (N) nutrition; however, mechanisms
governing N transfer from fungal tissues to the host plant are not well understood. ECM …

Competitive interactions among three ectomycorrhizal fungi and their relation to host plant performance

PG Kennedy, S Hortal, SE Bergemann, TD Bruns - Journal of Ecology, 2007 - JSTOR
1. Competition strongly influences many species assemblages, but its role in mycorrhizal
fungal interactions is not well understood. We examined interactions among three …

Host plant quality mediates competition between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

B Knegt, J Jansa, O Franken, DJP Engelmoer… - Fungal Ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi exchange soil nutrients for carbon from plant hosts. Empirical
works suggests that hosts may selectively provide resources to different fungal species …

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and interspecific competition: species interactions, community structure, coexistence mechanisms, and future research directions

P Kennedy - New Phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The field of ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) ecology has largely developed outside the
ecological mainstream, owing in large part to the challenges in studying the structure and …

[HTML][HTML] Digging deeper: in search of the mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen exchange in ectomycorrhizal symbioses

EK Stuart, KL Plett - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Symbiosis with ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi is an advantageous partnership for trees in
nutrient-limited environments. Ectomycorrhizal fungi colonize the roots of their hosts and …

[HTML][HTML] Ectomycorrhizal plant-fungal co-invasions as natural experiments for connecting plant and fungal traits to their ecosystem consequences

JD Hoeksema, C Averill, JM Bhatnagar… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introductions and invasions by fungi, especially pathogens and mycorrhizal fungi, are
widespread and potentially highly consequential for native ecosystems, but may also offer …

Plant-mediated partner discrimination in ectomycorrhizal mutualisms

L Bogar, K Peay, A Kornfeld, J Huggins, S Hortal… - Mycorrhiza, 2019 - Springer
Although ectomycorrhizal fungi have well-recognized effects on ecological processes
ranging from plant community dynamics to carbon cycling rates, it is unclear if plants are …