Claim · model-written summary
Photosynthetic performance, particularly at 16 weeks, was enhanced in ectomycorrhizal-inoculated plants.
- Treatment
- Ectomycorrhizal-inoculatede0
- Outcome
- Photosynthetic performancee1
- Direction
- enhancede1
- Qualifier
- 16 weekse1
- Comparator
- non-inoculated controlse0
PopulusNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValue
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Verbatim
e0“Ectomycorrhizal-inoculated plants showed greater growth, root development, and nitrogen accumulation than non-inoculated controls or those inoculated with saprotrophic fungi alone”
e1“Photosynthetic performance, particularly at 16 weeks, was also enhanced”
t0“poplar”
Title
Saprotrophic-ectomycorrhizal fungal interactions affect poplar performance
Rodica Pena; Gemma Milner; Mark Tibbett Environmental and Experimental Botany 2025. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2025.106246
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Ectomycorrhizal-inoculated poplars had greater growth, root development and nitrogen accumulation than non-inoculated controls or saprotroph-only plants.
- Intervention effect Saprotrophic fungi increased nitrogen concentration in poplar roots.
- Intervention effect Saprotrophic fungi did not improve poplar biomass.
- Intervention effect Biomass and root architecture did not differ between EMF-only and dual-inoculated plants.
- Intervention effect For nitrogen-related traits, dual-inoculated plants had values intermediate between EMF-only and STF-only treatments.
- Observation No significant interaction between fungal guilds was detected.