The scion/rootstock genotypes and habitats affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in citrus

Fang Song, Zhiyong Pan*, Fuxi Bai, Jianyong An, Jihong Liu, Wenwu Guo, Ton Bisseling, Xiuxin Deng, Shunyuan Xiao

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Abstract

Citrus roots have rare root hairs and thus heavily depend on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) for mineral nutrient uptake. However, the AMF community structure of citrus is largely unknown. By using 454-pyrosequencing of 18S rRNA gene fragment, we investigated the genetic diversity of AMF colonizing citrus roots, and evaluated the impact of habitats and rootstock and scion genotypes on the AMF community structure. Over 7,40,000 effective sequences were obtained from 77 citrus root samples. These sequences were assigned to 75 AMF virtual taxa, of which 66 belong to Glomus, highlighting an absolute dominance of this AMF genus in symbiosis with citrus roots. The citrus AMF community structure is significantly affected by habitats and host genotypes. Interestingly, our data suggests that the genotype of the scion exerts a greater impact on the AMF community structure than that of the rootstock where the physical root-AMF association occurs. This study not only provides a comprehensive assessment for the community composition of the AMF in citrus roots under different conditions, but also sheds novel insights into how the AMF community might be indirectly influenced by the spatially separated yet metabolically connected partner-the scion-of the grafted citrus tree.

Original languageEnglish
Article number01372
JournalFrontiers in Microbiology
Volume6
Issue numberDEC
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
  • Citrus
  • Community structure
  • Habitat
  • Scion/rootstock genotype

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