Universitat de Lleida
    • English
    • català
    • español
  • English 
    • English
    • català
    • español
  • Login
Repositori Obert UdL
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Recerca
  • Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal
  • Articles publicats (Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal)
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Recerca
  • Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal
  • Articles publicats (Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal)
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Insect defoliation is linked to a decrease in soil ectomycorrhizal biomass and shifts in needle endophytic communities

Thumbnail
View/Open
Postprint (291.4Kb)
Sol·licita una còpia
Issue date
2020-08-12
Author
Castaño Soler, Carles
Camarero Martínez, Jesús Julio
Zas, Rafael
Sampedro, Luis
Bonet Lledos, José Antonio
Alday, Josu G.
Oliva Palau, Jonàs
Suggested citation
Castaño Soler, Carles; Camarero Martínez, Jesús Julio; Zas, Rafael; Sampedro, Luis; Bonet Lledos, José Antonio; Alday, Josu G.; Oliva Palau, Jonàs; . (2020) . Insect defoliation is linked to a decrease in soil ectomycorrhizal biomass and shifts in needle endophytic communities. Tree Physiology, 2020. In press. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa104.
Impact


Web of Science logo    citations in Web of Science

Scopus logo    citations in Scopus

Google Scholar logo  Google Scholar
Share
Export to Mendeley
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Insect outbreaks of increasing frequency and severity in forests are predicted due to climate change. Insect herbivory is known to promote physiological changes in forest trees. However, little is known about whether these plant phenotypic adjustments have cascading effects on tree microbial symbionts such as fungi in roots and foliage. We studied the impact of defoliation by the pine processionary moth in two infested Pinus nigra forests through a multilevel sampling of defoliated and non-defoliated trees. We measured tree growth, nutritional status and carbon allocation to chemical defenses. Simultaneously, we analyzed the putative impact of defoliation on the needle endophytes and on the soil fungal communities. Higher concentrations of chemical defenses were found in defoliated trees, likely as a response to defoliation; however, no differences in non-structural carbohydrate reserves were found. In parallel to the reductions in tree growth and changes in chemical defenses, we observed shifts in the composition of needle endophytic and soil fungal communities in defoliated trees. Defoliated trees consistently corresponded with a lower biomass of ectomycorrhizal fungi in both sites, and a higher alpha diversity and greater relative abundance of belowground saprotrophs and pathogens. However, ectomycorrhizal alpha diversity was similar between non-defoliated and defoliated trees. Specific needle endophytes in old needles were strongly associated with non-defoliated trees. The potential role of these endophytic fungi in pine resistance should be further investigated. Our study suggests that lower biomass of ectomycorrhizal fungi in defoliated trees might slow down tree recovery since fungal shifts might affect tree-mycorrhizal feedbacks and can potentially influence carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest soils.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa104
Is part of
Tree Physiology, 2020. In press
European research projects
Collections
  • Publicacions de projectes de recerca del Plan Nacional [2217]
  • Articles publicats (Agrotecnio Center) [950]
  • Articles publicats (Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal) [653]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Mushroom emergence detected by combining spore trapping with molecular techniques 

    Castaño Soler, Carles; Oliva Palau, Jonàs; Martínez de Aragón, Juan; Alday, Josu G.; Parladé Izquierdo, Xavier; Pera i Álvarez, Joan; Bonet Lledos, José Antonio (American Society for Microbiology, 2017)
    ABSTRACT Obtaining reliable and representative mushroom production data requires time-consuming sampling schemes. In this paper, we assessed a simple methodology to detect mushroom emergence by trapping the fungal spores ...
  • Soil drying procedure affects the DNA quantification of Lactarius vinosus but does not change the fungal community composition 

    Castaño Soler, Carles; Parladé Izquierdo, Xavier; Pera i Álvarez, Joan; Martínez de Aragón, Juan; Alday, Josu G.; Bonet Lledos, José Antonio (Springer-Verlag, 2016)
    Drying soil samples before DNA extraction is commonly used for specific fungal DNA quantification and metabarcoding studies, but the impact of different drying procedures on both the specific fungal DNA quantity and the ...
  • Rainfall homogenizes while fruiting increases diversity of spore deposition in Mediterranean conditions 

    Castaño Soler, Carles; Bonet Lledos, José Antonio; Oliva Palau, Jonàs; Farré Martinez, Gemma; Martínez de Aragón, Juan; Parladé, Javier; Pera i Álvarez, Joan; Alday, Josu G. (ElsevierBritish Mycological Society, 2019-09-01)
    There is a lack of knowledge regarding the main factors modulating fungal spore deposition in forest ecosystems. We have described the local spatio-temporal dynamics of fungal spore deposition along a single fruiting season ...

Contact Us | Send Feedback | Legal Notice
© 2021 BiD. Universitat de Lleida
Metadata subjected to 
 

 

Browse

All of the repositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

D'interès

Política institucional d'accés obertDiposita les teves publicacionsDiposita dades de recercaSuport a la recerca

Contact Us | Send Feedback | Legal Notice
© 2021 BiD. Universitat de Lleida
Metadata subjected to