scholarly journals Using Wood Rot Phenotypes to Illuminate the “Gray” Among Decomposer Fungi

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Schilling ◽  
Justin T. Kaffenberger ◽  
Benjamin W. Held ◽  
Rodrigo Ortiz ◽  
Robert A. Blanchette
Keyword(s):  
Decomposer Fungi

scholarly journals Contrasting Effects of Elevated Temperature and Invertebrate Grazing Regulate Multispecies Interactions between Decomposer Fungi

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e77610 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Donald A′Bear ◽  
William Murray ◽  
Rachel Webb ◽  
Lynne Boddy ◽  
T. Hefin Jones
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Invertebrate Grazing ◽  
Multispecies Interactions ◽  
Decomposer Fungi

Quantitative PCR for measuring biomass of decomposer fungi in planta

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zewei Song ◽  
Andrew Vail ◽  
M.J. Sadowsky ◽  
Jonathan S. Schilling
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Pcr ◽  
In Planta ◽  
Decomposer Fungi

scholarly journals Long-Term Maize-Legume Intercropping Shifts Structure and Composition of Soil Microbiome with Potential Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Safety

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneth Mwakilili ◽  
Kilaza Samson Mwaikono ◽  
Sebastian Larsson Herrera ◽  
Charles Midega ◽  
Francis Magingo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Fungal Microbiome ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Decomposer Fungi

Abstract Purpose: Push-pull is an intercropping technology that rapidly spreads among Sub-Saharan smallholder farmers. It intercrops maize with Desmodium to fight off stem borers, eliminate parasitic weeds, and improve soil fertility and yields. The above-ground components of push-pull cropping have been well investigated. However, impact on and from the soil microbiome and its role in diverse ecosystem benefits are unknown. Here we describe the soil microbiome associated with push-pull and compare it with maize monoculture.Methods: Soil samples from long-term maize-desmodium intercropping and maize monoculture plots were analysed using 16S and ITS metagenomics.Results: Maize-desmodium intercropping caused a strong divergence in fungal microbiome, which was more diverse and species rich than monoculture plots. Zooming into genera revealed that intercropping enhanced fungal genera linked to important ecosystem services. These include mycorrhizal and endophytic groups such as Edenia, Acrocalyma and Colletotrichum, saprophytic and decomposer fungi like Pithya and Cristinia and fungi with biocontrol properties, for instance, Talaromyces, Penicillin, Clonostachys and Trichoderma. Fungal genera enriched in monoculture plots were few, and were functionally linked to plant diseases (for example Didymella, Curvularia and Parastagonospora), and human pathogenic taxa (Exserohilum, Curvularia and Aspergillus). Although separating well, bacterial microbiomes did not, except in a few genera, differ between treatments. Conclusion: Maize-desmodium intercropping diversifies fungal microbiomes and favors taxa that are associated with important ecosystem services, including plant health, productivity and food safety. Further studies should increase the resolution of shifts noted above, experimentally ascertain the inferred functions, and translate this knowledge to improve cropping systems.

Biomass and nutrient concentrations of sporocarps produced by mycorrhizal and decomposer fungi in Abies amabilis stands

Oecologia ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristiina A. Vogt ◽  
Robert L. Edmonds ◽  
Charles C. Grier
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Abies Amabilis ◽  
Decomposer Fungi

Earthworms as the vectors of actinomycetes antagonistic to litter decomposer fungi

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.A.T. Dinishi Jayasinghe ◽  
Dennis Parkinson
Keyword(s):  
Decomposer Fungi

scholarly journals Wood-inhabiting insects can function as targeted vectors for decomposer fungi

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rannveig M. Jacobsen ◽  
Håvard Kauserud ◽  
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson ◽  
Marit Markussen Bjorbækmo ◽  
Tone Birkemoe
Keyword(s):  
Decomposer Fungi

Response of microbial processes and fungal community structure to vegetation management in mixedwood forest soils

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 2002-2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
APC Houston ◽  
S Visser ◽  
R A Lautenschlager
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Vegetation Management ◽  
Basal Respiration ◽  
Microbial Processes ◽  
Microbial Biomass C ◽  
Fungal Community Structure ◽  
Decomposer Fungi

Previous research to determine the impacts of harvesting and site preparation on microbial processes and decomposer fungi in mixedwood forests indicated that effects were minimal. As an extension to this research, the present study was conducted to evaluate if microbial processes and decomposer fungi were sensitive to manual or chemical vegetation management in addition to harvesting and site preparation. The impact of vegetation management on microbial processes and decomposer fungi was examined in organic and mineral soil from harvested sites in northwestern Ontario. Three vegetation management treatments were applied to three clear-cut and prepared sites 2 years prior to the initiation of the study. Four treatments were established within each site: (i) harvested (control), (ii) glyphosate herbicide (Vision®), (iii) triclopyr herbicide (Release®), and (iv) manually operated brushsaws. The objective of the study was to determine the response of basal respiration, microbial biomass C, metabolic quotients (qCO2), microbial carbon : soil organic carbon ratio (Cmic/Corg), nitrogen mineralization, and fungal community structure to vegetation management by chemical and manual means. Relative to the harvested control, vegetation management had no significant impact on fungal community structure as evidenced through rank abundance curves and indices of fungal community richness, diversity, evenness, or dominance. Although the abundances of the majority of fungal species were not impacted by vegetation management, herbicide and brushsaw use decreased the isolation frequencies of Mortierella vinacea (Dixon-Stewart) and Paecilomyces carneus (Duché and Heim) Brown and Smith, respectively. Occurrence of Paecilomyces carneus was significantly greater in the organic soil than in the mineral soil of the harvested control, but this difference was not detectable in the blocks that had undergone vegetation management. Two years after vegetation management was imposed there were no detectable effects on basal respiration, microbial biomass C, qCO2, Cmic/Corg, or nitrogen mineralization in either the organic or mineral soil layers as compared with measurements made in the harvested control plots.Key words: harvesting, herbicide, brushsaw, fungal community, microbial processes.

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