Ectomycorrhizal and dark septate fungal associations of pinyon pine are differentially affected by experimental drought and warming

C Gehring, S Sevanto, A Patterson… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Changing climates can cause shifts in temperature and precipitation, resulting in warming
and drought in some regions. Although each of these factors has been shown to …

Trees harness the power of microbes to survive climate change

JA Lau, JT Lennon, KD Heath - Proceedings of the National …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Microorganisms are the most abundant and diverse taxa on Earth. They have the ability to
tolerate extreme environments, catalyze a range of metabolic functions, and rapidly evolve …

Common garden experiments disentangle plant genetic and environmental contributions to ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure

A Patterson, L Flores‐Rentería, A Whipple… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions among climate change, plant genetic variation and fungal mutualists are
poorly understood, but probably important to plant survival under drought. We examined …

Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone

CW Fernandez, L Mielke, A Stefanski… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The interaction networks formed by ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and their tree hosts, which
are important to both forest recruitment and ecosystem carbon and nutrient retention, may be …

Tree genetics defines fungal partner communities that may confer drought tolerance

CA Gehring, CM Sthultz… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Plant genetic variation and soil microorganisms are individually known to influence plant
responses to climate change, but the interactive effects of these two factors are largely …

[HTML][HTML] Ectomycorrhizal fungi with hydrophobic mycelia and rhizomorphs dominate in young pine trees surviving experimental drought stress

C Castaño, E Suarez-Vidal, R Zas, JA Bonet… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycorrhizal fungi can help plants to cope with drought, but research on the fungal
communities that are more resistant to drought or alleviate drought stress of trees is still …

Ectomycorrhizal fungal response to warming is linked to poor host performance at the boreal‐temperate ecotone

CW Fernandez, NH Nguyen, A Stefanski… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rising temperatures associated with climate change have been shown to negatively affect
the photosynthetic rates of boreal forest tree saplings at their southern range limits. To …

Plant genetics and interspecific competitive interactions determine ectomycorrhizal fungal community responses to climate change

C Gehring, D Flores‐Rentería, CM Sthultz… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of plant‐associated microbes is increasingly recognized, little is
known about the biotic and abiotic factors that determine the composition of that microbiome …

Interactions with juniper alter pinyon pine ectomycorrhizal fungal communities

KE Haskins, CA Gehring - Ecology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Belowground interactions can affect plants either directly or indirectly via their associated
mycorrhizal fungi. However, few studies have experimentally examined the consequences …

Experimental drought and heat can delay phenological development and reduce foliar and shoot growth in semiarid trees

HD Adams, AD Collins, SP Briggs… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Higher temperatures associated with climate change are anticipated to trigger an earlier
start to the growing season, which could increase the terrestrial C sink strength. Greater …