Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis helps plants to challenge salt stress conditions

C Guerrero-Galán, M Calvo-Polanco, SD Zimmermann - Mycorrhiza, 2019 - Springer
Soil salinity is an environmental condition that is currently increasing worldwide. Plant
growth under salinity induces osmotic stress and ion toxicity impairing root water and …

Role of urban ectomycorrhizal fungi in improving the tolerance of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) seedlings to salt stress

JJ Zwiazek, MA Equiza, J Karst, J Senorans… - Mycorrhiza, 2019 - Springer
With large forested urban areas, the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, faces high annual
costs of replacing trees injured by deicing salts that are commonly used for winter road …

Physiological and transcriptional responses of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum to salt stress

J Li, C Li, M Tsuruta, N Matsushita, S Goto, Z Shen… - Mycorrhiza, 2022 - Springer
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi improve the host plant's tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses.
Cenococcum geophilum (Cg) is among the most common ECM fungi worldwide and often …

Revisiting phylogenetic diversity and cryptic species of Cenococcum geophilum sensu lato

K Obase, GW Douhan, Y Matsuda, ME Smith - Mycorrhiza, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The fungus Cenococcum geophilum Fr.(Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) is one of
the most common ectomycorrhizal fungi in boreal to temperate regions. A series of …

Culturable fungal assemblages growing within Cenococcum sclerotia in forest soils

K Obase, GW Douhan, Y Matsuda… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes) forms
black, round to irregular sclerotia in forest soils. Fungi that colonize the sclerotia appear to …

Culturable fungal endophytes in roots of Enkianthus campanulatus (Ericaceae)

K Obase, Y Matsuda - Mycorrhiza, 2014 - Springer
Roots of plants in the genus Enkianthus, which belongs to the earliest diverging lineage in
the Ericaceae, are commonly colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. We …

Effect of ectomycorrhizal fungal species on population growth and food preference of a fungivorous nematode

Y Kitagami, Y Matsuda - Mycorrhiza, 2022 - Springer
Fungivorous nematodes can use ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi as food resources in forest
soils, and they may establish close predator–prey relationships in forest ecosystems …

The use of Pisolithus albus found in saline areas to improve the growth of Eucalyptus seedlings under high salinity conditions

R Wanroon, N Leksungnoen, T Kaewgrajang - Mycologia, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Salinity is an abiotic factor limiting plant fitness and therefore forest crop productivity, and
salt-affected areas have been expanding throughout the world. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi …

Spatial distribution and genetic structure of Cenococcum geophilum in coastal pine forests in Japan

Y Matsuda, K Takeuchi, K Obase… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The asexual ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum has a wide geographic range
in diverse forest ecosystems. Although its genetic diversity has been documented at a stand …

Intraspecific variation in mycelial growth of Cenococcum geophilum isolates in response to salinity gradients

Y Matsuda, M Yamakawa, T Inaba, K Obase, S Ito - Mycoscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Although interspecific variation in the response of ectomycorrhizal fungi to salinity has been
examined, knowledge of the intraspecific variation is limited. We evaluated the salinity …