Identification of Ectomycorrhizae in Dipterocarp Roots using DNA Metabarcoding in Tropical Urban Parks

J Qiang, K Png, MFA Choong, D Hu, E Velautham… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Ectomycorrhizae (ECM) are important symbionts for multiple host plants. This study used
morphology and DNA metabarcoding to identify ECM in Dipterocarpaceae, the dominant …

Community structure and dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dipterocarp forest fragment and plantation in Thailand

N Ruankaew Disyatat, S Yomyart… - Plant Ecology & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) associations have been reported with trees of the plant
family Dipterocarpaceae. We hypothesised that a dipterocarp forest fragment, with more host …

Caryophyllales are the main hosts of a unique set of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Neotropical dry forest

J Alvarez-Manjarrez, R Garibay-Orijel, ME Smith - Mycorrhiza, 2018 - Springer
The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis was long thought to be restricted to temperate forests.
However, as tropical forests have been explored, it has become clear that these habitats …

Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi on Dipterocarpaceae in Thailand.

T Yuwa-Amornpitak, T Vichitsoonthonkul… - 2006 - cabidigitallibrary.org
In this study, DNA from ectomycorrhizal (ECM) roots was successfully amplified from 15
species in 6 genera of regular type. This study was conducted in 4 sections of Thailand …

Host preference explains the high endemism of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dipterocarp rainforest

H Sato, A Lain, T Mizuno, S Yamashita… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are important tree symbionts within forests. The biogeography
of ECM fungi remains to be investigated because it is challenging to observe and identify …

Soil type has a stronger role than dipterocarp host species in shaping the ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a Bornean lowland tropical rain forest

AL Essene, KL Shek, JD Lewis, KG Peay… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The role that mycorrhizal fungal associations play in the assembly of long-lived tree
communities is poorly understood, especially in tropical forests, which have the highest tree …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of Dipterocarpus alatus seedlings introduced by soil inocula from a natural forest and a plantation

T Kaewgrajang, U Sangwanit, M Kodama… - Journal of forest …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We attempted to introduce ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi onto seedlings of Dipterocarpus
alatus (Dipterocarpaceae) by soil inocula collected from tree stands of D. alatus. Top soils …

The Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community in a Neotropical Forest Dominated by the Endemic Dipterocarp Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea

ME Smith, TW Henkel, JK Uehling, AK Fremier… - PLoS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) plants and fungi can be diverse and abundant in certain tropical
ecosystems. For example, the primarily paleotropical ECM plant family Dipterocarpaceae is …

Diversity and community composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dry deciduous dipterocarp forest in Thailand

C Phosri, S Polme, AFS Taylor, U Koljalg… - Biodiversity and …, 2012 - Springer
Large forest areas of South-East Asia, are dominated by the Dipterocarpaceae tree family,
which contains many important timber species. Unlike many other tropical trees …

Ectomycorrhizal associations of the Dipterocarpaceae

FQ Brearley - Biotropica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dipterocarps are one of the most important tree families in the lowland forests of Southeast
Asia and are somewhat unusual among tropical trees in that they form ectomycorrhizal (E c …