The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups

Nutrient type and plant functional group are both important in influencing proliferation of roots or hyphae and their benefit to plant growth in nutritionally heterogeneous environments. However, the studies quantifying relative importance of roots vs. hyphae affecting the plant response to nutrient...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bitao Liu, Fei Han, Kaixiong Xing, Aiping Zhang, Zed Rengel
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1fe381e723b84ea3bd2ec749b662f8bd
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:1fe381e723b84ea3bd2ec749b662f8bd
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1fe381e723b84ea3bd2ec749b662f8bd2021-11-15T05:25:26ZThe Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups1664-462X10.3389/fpls.2021.734641https://doaj.org/article/1fe381e723b84ea3bd2ec749b662f8bd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.734641/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-462XNutrient type and plant functional group are both important in influencing proliferation of roots or hyphae and their benefit to plant growth in nutritionally heterogeneous environments. However, the studies quantifying relative importance of roots vs. hyphae affecting the plant response to nutrient heterogeneity are lacking. Here, we used meta-analysis based on 879 observations from 66 published studies to evaluate response patterns of seven variables related to growth and morphological traits of plants and mycorrhizal fungi in nutritionally heterogeneous environments. We found that phosphorus [P] and organic fertilizer [OF] supply significantly increased shoot (+18.1 and +25.9%, respectively) and root biomass (+31.1 and +23.0%, respectively) and root foraging precision (+11.8 and +20.4%, respectively). However, there was no significant difference among functional groups of herbs (grasses, forbs, and legumes), between herbs and woody species, and between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) tree species in the shoot, root and mycorrhizal fungi responses to nutrient heterogeneity, except for root biomass and root foraging precision among grasses, forbs, and legumes, and mycorrhizal hyphal foraging precision between AM and ECM tree species. Root diameter was uncorrelated with neither root foraging precision nor mycorrhizal hyphal foraging precision, regardless of mycorrhizal type or nutrient type. These results suggest that plant growth and foraging strategies are mainly influenced by nutrient type, among other factors including plant functional type and mycorrhizal type.Bitao LiuFei HanKaixiong XingAiping ZhangZed RengelZed RengelFrontiers Media S.A.articlenutrient patchmycorrhizal fungiforaging precisionherbaceous specieswoody speciesroot diameterPlant cultureSB1-1110ENFrontiers in Plant Science, Vol 12 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic nutrient patch
mycorrhizal fungi
foraging precision
herbaceous species
woody species
root diameter
Plant culture
SB1-1110
spellingShingle nutrient patch
mycorrhizal fungi
foraging precision
herbaceous species
woody species
root diameter
Plant culture
SB1-1110
Bitao Liu
Fei Han
Kaixiong Xing
Aiping Zhang
Zed Rengel
Zed Rengel
The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups
description Nutrient type and plant functional group are both important in influencing proliferation of roots or hyphae and their benefit to plant growth in nutritionally heterogeneous environments. However, the studies quantifying relative importance of roots vs. hyphae affecting the plant response to nutrient heterogeneity are lacking. Here, we used meta-analysis based on 879 observations from 66 published studies to evaluate response patterns of seven variables related to growth and morphological traits of plants and mycorrhizal fungi in nutritionally heterogeneous environments. We found that phosphorus [P] and organic fertilizer [OF] supply significantly increased shoot (+18.1 and +25.9%, respectively) and root biomass (+31.1 and +23.0%, respectively) and root foraging precision (+11.8 and +20.4%, respectively). However, there was no significant difference among functional groups of herbs (grasses, forbs, and legumes), between herbs and woody species, and between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) tree species in the shoot, root and mycorrhizal fungi responses to nutrient heterogeneity, except for root biomass and root foraging precision among grasses, forbs, and legumes, and mycorrhizal hyphal foraging precision between AM and ECM tree species. Root diameter was uncorrelated with neither root foraging precision nor mycorrhizal hyphal foraging precision, regardless of mycorrhizal type or nutrient type. These results suggest that plant growth and foraging strategies are mainly influenced by nutrient type, among other factors including plant functional type and mycorrhizal type.
format article
author Bitao Liu
Fei Han
Kaixiong Xing
Aiping Zhang
Zed Rengel
Zed Rengel
author_facet Bitao Liu
Fei Han
Kaixiong Xing
Aiping Zhang
Zed Rengel
Zed Rengel
author_sort Bitao Liu
title The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups
title_short The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups
title_full The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups
title_fullStr The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups
title_full_unstemmed The Response of Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi to Nutritionally-Heterogeneous Environments Are Regulated by Nutrient Types and Plant Functional Groups
title_sort response of plants and mycorrhizal fungi to nutritionally-heterogeneous environments are regulated by nutrient types and plant functional groups
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/1fe381e723b84ea3bd2ec749b662f8bd
work_keys_str_mv AT bitaoliu theresponseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT feihan theresponseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT kaixiongxing theresponseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT aipingzhang theresponseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT zedrengel theresponseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT zedrengel theresponseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT bitaoliu responseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT feihan responseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT kaixiongxing responseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT aipingzhang responseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT zedrengel responseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
AT zedrengel responseofplantsandmycorrhizalfungitonutritionallyheterogeneousenvironmentsareregulatedbynutrienttypesandplantfunctionalgroups
_version_ 1718428603631271936