Differences in AM fungal root colonization between populations of perennial Aster species have genetic reasons

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis whether differences between plant populations in root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi could be caused by genetic differentiation between populations. In addition, we investigated whether the response to AM fungi

Keywords

• Glomus
• inoculation
• mycorrhizal symbiosis
• local adaptation
• phenotypic plasticity
• arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• local adaptation
• field site
• growth
• plant
• phosphorus
• infection
• conservation
• community
• nutrient