High nitrogen supply and carbohydrate content reduce fungal endophyte and alkaloid concentration in Lolium perenne
| Autor: | Wayne R. Simpson, Jonathan A. Newman, Hong Xue, Shalome A. Bassett, Christina Stacke, Christine R. Voisey, Michael J. Christensen, Richard D. Johnson, Susanne Rasmussen, Linda J. Johnson, Anthony J. Parsons, David E. Hume |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Perennial plant
biology Physiology Nitrogen Carbohydrates Fungi food and beverages Context (language use) Plant Science Neotyphodium biology.organism_classification Lolium perenne Endophyte Polymerase Chain Reaction Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense Ergovaline Alkaloids Agronomy Lolium Cultivar Plant Proteins |
| Zdroj: | The New phytologistReferences. 173(4) |
| ISSN: | 0028-646X |
| Popis: | Summary • The relationship between cool-season grasses and fungal endophytes is widely regarded as mutualistic, but there is growing uncertainty about whether changes in resource supply and environment benefit both organisms to a similar extent. • Here, we infected two perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) cultivars (AberDove, Fennema) that differ in carbohydrate content with three strains of Neotyphodium lolii (AR1, AR37, common strain) that differ intrinsically in alkaloid profile. We grew endophyte-free and infected plants under high and low nitrogen (N) supply and used quantitative PCR (qPCR) to estimate endophyte concentrations in harvested leaf tissues. • Endophyte concentration was reduced by 40% under high N supply, and by 50% in the higher sugar cultivar. These two effects were additive (together resulting in 75% reduction). Alkaloid production was also reduced under both increased N supply and high sugar cultivar, and for three of the four alkaloids quantified, concentrations were linearly related to endophyte concentration. • The results stress the need for wider quantification of fungal endophytes in the grassland–foliar endophyte context, and have implications for how introducing new cultivars, novel endophytes or increasing N inputs affect the role of endophytes in grassland ecosystems. |
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