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Patterns of diversity and adaptation in Glomeromycota from three prairie grasslands.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2013
Ji Baoming, Gehring Catherine A, Wilson Gail W T, Miller R M, Flores-Rentería Lluvia, Johnson Nancy Collins
Abstract excerpt
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are widespread root symbionts that often improve the fitness of their plant hosts. We tested whether local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses would shape the community structure of these root symbionts in a way that maximizes their symbiotic functioning. We grew a native prairie grass (Andropogon gerardii) with all possible combinations of soils and AM fungal inocula from three...
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