A facultative ectomycorrhizal association is triggered by organic nitrogen

L Peng, Y Zhang, IS Druzhinina, CP Kubicek, Y Wang… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Increasing nitrogen (N) deposition often tends to negatively impact the functions of
belowground ectomycorrhizal networks, although the exact molecular mechanisms …

Nitrogen fertilization differentially affects the symbiotic capacity of two co‐occurring ectomycorrhizal species

KL Plett, F Snijders… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Forest trees rely on ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi to obtain growth‐limiting nutrients. While
addition of nitrogen (N) has the potential to disrupt these critical relationships, there is …

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 …

Transcriptional landscape of ectomycorrhizal fungi and their host provides insight into N uptake from forest soil

CA Rivera Pérez, D Janz, D Schneider, R Daniel… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mineral nitrogen (N) is a major nutrient showing strong fluctuations in the environment due
to anthropogenic activities. The acquisition and translocation of N to forest trees are …

Ectomycorrhiza: gene expression, metabolism and the wood-wide web

V Wiemken, T Boller - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2002 - Elsevier
In the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between fungi and trees, the fungus completely ensheaths
the tree roots and takes over water and mineral nutrient supply, while the plant supplies …

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: from genomics to trans-kingdom molecular communication and signaling

JE Marqués-Gálvez, C Veneault-Fourrey… - Microbial cross-talk in the …, 2022 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizal symbioses are among the most widespread associations between roots of
trees and soil fungi in forest ecosystems and contribute significantly to the sustainability of …

Does resource exchange in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis vary with competitive context and nitrogen addition?

LM Bogar, OS Tavasieff, TK Raab, KG Peay - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis is essential for the nutrition of most temperate forest trees and
helps regulate the movement of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) through forested ecosystems …

Mycorrhizal C/N ratio determines plant-derived carbon and nitrogen allocation to symbiosis

R Pena, SL Bluhm, S Ammerschubert… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon allocation of trees to ectomycorrhizas is thought to shape forest nutrient cycling, but
the sink activities of different fungal taxa for host resources are unknown. Here, we …

Nitrogen acquisition in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

R Pena - Molecular mycorrhizal symbiosis, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter describes the factors influencing Nitrogen (N) acquisition process by
ectomycorrhizal fungi, with a particular focus on ectomycorrhizal fungal functional diversity …

Who is controlling whom within the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: insights from genomic and functional analyses

C Veneault‐Fourrey, JM Plett… - … microbial ecology of the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
During a lifetime that can span several hundred years, a tree will be challenged by
generations of parasites and will encounter a host of different limitations related to nutrition …