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Host genotype shapes the foliar fungal microbiome of balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Bálint Miklós, Tiffin Peter, Hallström Björn, O'Hara Robert B, Olson Matthew S, Fankhauser Johnathon D, Piepenbring Meike, Schmitt Imke
Abstract excerpt
Foliar fungal communities of plants are diverse and ubiquitous. In grasses endophytes may increase host fitness; in trees, their ecological roles are poorly understood. We investigated whether the genotype of the host tree influences community structure of foliar fungi. We sampled leaves from genotyped balsam poplars from across the species' range, and applied 454 amplicon sequencing to characterize foliar fungal...
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