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| Web URL(s): | http://turf.rutgers.edu/research/abstracts/symposium2016.pdf#page=62
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| Author(s): | Luo, Jing;
Miller, Stephen;
Walsh, Emily;
Bonos, Stacy;
Helsel, Zane;
Bhattacharya, Debashish;
Zhang, Ning |
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| Author Affiliation: | Luo, Miller, Walsh, Bonos, Helsel, and Zhang: Department of Plant Biology and Pathology; Bhattacharya: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources; Zhang: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University |
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| Title: | Anything but barren: Fungal diversity and functions in the pine barrens |
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| Section: | Poster presentations
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| Meeting Info.: | New Brunswick, New Jersey: March 18, 2016 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. Vol. 25, 2016, p. 62. |
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| Publishing Information: | New Brunswick, New Jersey: The Center for Turfgrass Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ecosystems; Endophytic fungi; Panicum virgatum; Pseudophialophora
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Pine barrens is a unique ecosystem that has acidic and nutrient-poor soils, where switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and other stress tolerant species are dominant understory plants. Our results indicate that grass (Poaceae) roots in the pine barrens ecosystem are one of the major reservoirs of novel fungi with about 47% being undescribed species. Importantly, we observed that Acidomelania panicicola (Leotiomycetes), a new genus and species we described from switchgrass in the New Jersey Pine Barrens significantly increases root hair growth of switchgrass and rice plants in acidic and low nutrient conditions. We also described another new genus Pseudophialophora (Magnaporthales, Sordariomycetes) that contains several pathogenic species. Naming and description of a number of other new fungal taxa are in progress. In addition, we compared the root fungal community between wild switchgrass from the New Jersey Pine Barrens and cultivated switchgrass in managed farms using both culture and metagenomics data. Both methods suggest that Leotiomycetes are dominant fungi in the switchgrass roots from the nutrient-poor pine barrens soils, while Sordariomycetes are dominant in te roots growing in the rich farm soils. More plant-fungal interaction experiments are being conducted in various conditions in order to test our hypothesis that Acidomelania and other similar dark septate endophytes in Leotiomycetes play a role in increasing plant tolerance to abiotic stresses (e.g., low pH, low nutrients, drought) and contribute to improved establishment and persistence in acidic, poor soils. Results from this work will facilitate ecological and evolutionary studies on root-associated fungi." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Luo, J., S. Miller, E. Walsh, S. Bonos, Z. Helsel, D. Bhattacharya, et al. 2016. Anything but barren: Fungal diversity and functions in the pine barrens. Proc. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. 25:p. 62. |
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