Fungal endophyte communities in above- and belowground olive tree organs and the effect of season and geographic location on their structures
By Fátima Martins, José A. Pereira, P. Bota, Albino Bento, P. Baptista. 2016
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Abstract Studies comparing fungal endophytes between above- and belowground woody crop organs and the factors that may structure their communities are lacking. Due to its great impact on the Mediterranean Basin, the olive tree was chosen for the isolation of endophytic fungi from roots, leaves and twigs in two seasons in north-eastern Portugal. Nine hundred seventy-six isolates belonging to 38 fungal species were obtained. Phomopsis columnaris , Fusarium oxysporum and Trichoderma gamsii were the most frequently isolated, collectively representing 69% of the isolates. Fungal diversity in the roots was higher than in the aboveground organs and higher in spring than autumn. Endophyte community similarity between the above- and belowground organs and between seasons was low. Species composition also varied spatially, with the fungal composition of the roots varying more among locations than that of the aboveground organs. Our results suggest olive tree endophyte community structure is affected by plant organ, location and season.
Subfields: Cell Biology, Plant Science
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- Phyllospheric Microbiomes: Diversity, Ecological Significance, and Biotechnological Applications (2020, background): “The olive tree phyllosphere is found to be highly diverse having more than 149 genera and 68 families of fungi (Martins et al. 2016) in aMediterranean ecosystem (Portugal), butAbdelfattah et al. (2015) reported only 13 endophytic fungal taxa in the leaves and twigs of olive trees.”