Benefits of symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi to plant water relations depend on plant genotype in pinyon pine

Sevanto, Sanna; Gehring, Catherine A.; Ryan, Max G.; Patterson, Adair; Losko, Adrian S.; Vogel, Sven C.; Carter, Kelsey R.; Dickman, L. Turin; Espy, Michelle A.; Kuske, Cheryl R.

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41191-5

Title: Benefits of symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi to plant water relations depend on plant genotype in pinyon pine

Journal Article · 01 September 2023 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41191-5 · OSTI ID:2000928

Sevanto, Sanna ^[1]; Gehring, Catherine A. ^[2]; Ryan, Max G. ^[3]; Patterson, Adair ^[2]; Losko, Adrian S. ^[4]; Vogel, Sven C. ^[1]; Carter, Kelsey R. ^[1]; Dickman, L. Turin ^[1]; Espy, Michelle A. ^[1]; Kuske, Cheryl R. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (United States)
Integral Ecology Group, Duncan, BC (Canada); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Garching (Germany)

Rhizosphere microbes, such as root-associated fungi, can improve plant access to soil resources, affecting plant health, productivity, and stress tolerance. While mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous, plant–microbe interactions can be species specific. Here we show that the specificity of the effects of microbial symbionts on plant function can go beyond species level: colonization of roots by ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) of the genus Geopora has opposite effects on water uptake, and stomatal control of desiccation in drought tolerant and intolerant genotypes of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis Engelm.). These results demonstrate, for the first time, that microorganisms can have significant and opposite effects on important plant functional traits like stomatal control of desiccation that are associated with differential mortality and growth in nature. They also highlight that appropriate pairing of plant genotypes and microbial associates will be important for mitigating climate change impacts on vegetation.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

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OSTI ID:: 2000928

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--21-31041

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 13; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United States

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