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Co-colonization increased root colonization.

Taxon: C. tetragonolobaCyamopsis tetragonolobae1
Outcome: root colonization (%)e0
Direction: moree0

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“co-colonization with both the isolates showed more root colonization (%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1243–1315

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“in C. tetragonoloba enhanced total chlorophyll”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 994–1040

Title

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization Enhances Biochemical Status and Mitigates Adverse Salt Effect on Two Legumes

Promita DATTA; Mohan Vinayak KULKARNI Notulae Scientia Biologicae 2014. doi:10.15835/nsb639250

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Intervention effect AM fungal inoculation alleviated salt effects and improved plant dry matter and biochemical traits.
Intervention effect Combined inoculation produced greater accumulation of soluble carbohydrate, reducing sugar, protein and proline.
Intervention effect C. tetragonoloba responded better than G. max in nutritional profile after AM treatment under salt stress.
Intervention effect Co-inoculation increased total chlorophyll by 14.83% at 3.78 dS/m in C. tetragonoloba.
Intervention effect Co-inoculation increased soluble carbohydrate by 17.26% at 5.94 dS/m.
Intervention effect Co-inoculation increased proline by 8.79% at 3.78 dS/m.
Intervention effect Mycorrhizal plants had lower electrolyte leakage across the tested salinity gradient.

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Fungal root colonization was less selective than bacterial colonization.

Taxon: Nicotiana attenuataNicotiana attenuatat0
Outcome: fungal root colonizatione0
Direction: less selectivee0
Comparator: bacterial colonizatione0

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“fungal root colonization being less selective than bacterial colonization”
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“Nicotiana attenuata”
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Title

Specificity of root microbiomes in native‐grown Nicotiana attenuata and plant responses to UVB increase Deinococcus colonization

Rakesh Santhanam; Youngjoo Oh; Ramesh Kumar; et al. Molecular Ecology 2017. doi:10.1111/mec.14049

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Observation Nicotiana attenuata seeds were sterile.
Association Root bacterial diversity differed significantly between soil and roots.
Association Location significantly affected fungal root communities.
Association Location did not significantly affect bacterial root communities.
Intervention effect UVB increased Deinococcus root colonization in wild type plants.
Intervention effect UVB decreased Deinococcus colonization in irUVR8 plants.
Intervention effect UVB decreased Deinococcus colonization in irCHAL plants.
Mechanism The authors infer a soil-only source of the core root microbiome.

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Soil colonization potential correlated strongly with field root colonization.

Taxon: appleMalus domesticat0
Outcome: degree of root colonizatione0
Qualifier: highly correlatede0
Setting: fielde0

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“Soil colonization potential was highly correlated with degree of root colonization in the field”
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“APPLE”
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Title

MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AT EIGHTEEN APPLE ROOTSTOCK PLANTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES

DIANE DOUD MILLER; PAUL A. DOMOTO; CHRISTOPHER WALKER New Phytologist 1985. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1985.tb02787.x

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Observation The fungi showed no evident geographic distribution patterns.
Observation Sites contained three to eight fungal species.
Observation Glomus had more species and spores than Gigaspora, Acaulospora or Sclerocystis.
Method / resource Pot cultures yielded species not recovered by sieving.
Observation Roots from all sites were endomycorrhizal.
Observation Roots from all sites were not ectomycorrhizal.
Association Colonization proportion and intensity were negatively correlated with soil Zn.
Association Colonization proportion and intensity were negatively correlated with soil P at most sites.
Observation Colonization of rootstock clones varied among sites.
Observation Colonization of rootstock clones did not vary within sites.
Observation No location lacked adequate inoculum potential for apple.

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Glomaceae isolates had high root colonization but low soil colonization.

Taxon: host plantse2
Interactor: Glomaceae isolatesGlomeraceaee4symbiont
Outcome: root colonizatione4
Direction: highe4

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“Glomaceae isolates had high root colonization but low soil colonization”
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“These results were similar for four different host plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1020–1077

Title

Taxonomic basis for variation in the colonization strategy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Miranda M. Hart; Richard J. Reader New Phytologist 2002. doi:10.1046/j.0028-646x.2001.00312.x

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Co-colonization produced more root colonization.

Taxon: two legumest0
Interactor: isolatese0symbiont
Outcome: root colonization (%)e0
Direction: moree0

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“co-colonization with both the isolates showed more root colonization (%) and may be responsible for the better effect in salt stress alleviation.”
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“Two Legumes”
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Title

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization Enhances Biochemical Status and Mitigates Adverse Salt Effect on Two Legumes

Promita DATTA; Mohan Vinayak KULKARNI Notulae Scientia Biologicae 2014. doi:10.15835/nsb.6.3.9250

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Intervention effect AM fungal inoculation alleviated salt effects and improved dry matter and biochemical parameters in Glycine max.
Intervention effect AM fungal inoculation alleviated salt effects and improved dry matter and biochemical parameters in Cyamopsis tetragonoloba.
Intervention effect Combined isolates produced higher soluble carbohydrate, reducing sugar, protein and proline than individual inoculation.
Observation C. tetragonoloba showed a better nutritional response to AM treatment under salt stress than G. max.
Intervention effect Co-inoculation enhanced total chlorophyll by 14.83% in C. tetragonoloba at 3.78 dS/m salinity.
Intervention effect Co-inoculation enhanced soluble carbohydrate by 17.26% in C. tetragonoloba at 5.94 dS/m salinity.
Intervention effect Co-inoculation enhanced proline by 8.79% in C. tetragonoloba at 3.78 dS/m salinity.
Intervention effect Mycorrhizal plants had lower electrolyte leakage across the stated salinity range.
Recommendation The authors propose using the isolates as bio-inoculants against salinity effects.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Biochar significantly increased root AMF colonization.

Treatment: biochare0
Interactor: AMFe0symbiont
Outcome: root AMF colonizatione0
Direction: increasede0

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“Overall, biochar and compost/manure significantly increased root AMF colonization”
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“Root Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization Rate”
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Title

Response of Root Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization Rate to Biochar, Compost, and Manure: A Global Meta-Analysis

Haidong Wang; Zheng Yang; Minghui Cheng; et al. Agronomy 2026. doi:10.3390/agronomy16020263

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Intervention effect Compost/manure significantly increased root AMF colonization.
Intervention effect Biochar most strongly promoted colonization in coarse soils with low potassium and high carbon, particularly fruit and tuber crops.
Intervention effect Compost/manure were most effective in fine soils with high potassium and low bulk density.
Intervention effect Compost/manure suppressed colonization at neutral pH and high soil bulk density.
Observation Low conductivity biochar with high sodium and low macronutrients was most beneficial for colonization.
Observation Compost/manure with high nitrogen and low organic carbon performed best.
Recommendation The authors recommend tailoring biochar or compost/manure use to agro-ecological context.

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Root colonization was moderate.

Taxon: Spirodela polyrhizaSpirodela polyrhizat0
Organ / stage: roote0
Outcome: moderate degrees of colonizatione0

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“only moderate degrees of colonization were observed in the root”
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“Spirodela polyrhiza”
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Title

Microbial Colonization of the Aquatic Duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza, during Development

Insun Kim Han-guk hyeonmigyeong hakoeji/Applied microscopy 2004

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Observation Submerged duckweed parts hosted bacteria, cyanobacteria and diatoms through development.
Observation Young duckweed had less microbial colonization than mature plants.
Observation At maturity, colonization was heavy on abaxial fronds and root caps.
Observation Microorganisms clustered on or attached to the root cap mucilage layer.
Observation Adaxial frond surfaces had little or no colonization.
Observation Duckweed microbial colonization was external.
Observation The association appeared non-harmful with no frond senescence and almost no penetration.

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Tomato root metabolomes were distinctly affected by genotype, colonization, and colonization time.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
Organ / stage: roote0
Interactor: mycorrhizale0symbiont
Outcome: root metabolomese0

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“the tomato root metabolomes were distinctly affected by genotype, mycorrhizal colonization and colonization time.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1574–1687

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Distinct gene expression and secondary metabolite profiles in suppressor of prosystemin-mediated responses2 (spr2) tomato mutants having impaired mycorrhizal colonization

Kena Casarrubias-Castillo; Josaphat M. Montero-Vargas; Nicole Dabdoub-González; et al. PeerJ 2020. doi:10.7717/peerj.8888

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Root colonization was similar across five cultivars.

Outcome: root colonizatione0
Direction: similare0

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“For all five cultivars tested, a similar level of root colonization was observed”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 633–713

Title

Infection and Colonization of Several Bermudagrasses byOphiosphaerella korrae

F. J. Flores; S. M. Marek; J. A. Anderson; et al. Phytopathology 2015. doi:10.1094/phyto-07-14-0205-r

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Observation Necrosis appeared earliest in Tifway 419 and Midlawn.
Observation Necrosis appeared in Uganda and 3200 at 8 DPI.
Observation U3 necrosis was often absent as late as 14 DPI.
Observation The fungus colonized root cortex by 4 DPI.
Observation Stele colonization was rare in hybrid cultivars but common in other accessions.
Observation The fungus did not penetrate intact stolons by 22 DPI.
Observation Wounded stolons became necrotic in all cultivars.

Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Field root colonization correlated positively with sub-clover colonization and soybean biomass.

Taxon: sub-clovere0
Organ / stage: roote0
Interactor: field root colonizatione0symbiont
Outcome: sub-clover colonization and soybean biomasse0
Direction: positivee0

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“positive significant correlation between field root colonization and sub-clover colonization and soybean biomass”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1035–1147

Title

Analyzing the impact of different dryland cropping histories in Southern NSW Australia on mycorrhizal colonization and biomass of upland cereal and legume crops in glasshouse

Wayan Wangiyana; Peter S. Cornish Journal of Sustainable Dryland Agricultural Systems 2021. doi:10.29303/josdas.v1i1.52

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Observation Pasture-only soils had the highest Mg and Na contents.
Association Total spores correlated positively with sorghum and sub-clover colonization.
Association Available P correlated positively with biomass of sorghum, sub-clover, and oats.
Association Mg or Na correlated positively with sorghum colonization.
Association Ca correlated positively with oats biomass.
Association Mg correlated negatively with sorghum biomass.
Association Cropping history interacted significantly with soil properties in their relationship with glasshouse crop biomass.

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