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T1 Changes in fungal diversity and composition along a chronosequence of Eucalyptus grandis plantations in Ethiopia
A1 Castaño, Carles
A1 Dejene, Tatek
A1 Mediavilla Santos, Olaya
A1 Geml, József
A1 Oria de Rueda Salgueiro, Juan Andrés
A1 Martín Pinto, Pablo
K1 Metabarcoding
K1 Fungal community
K1 Mycorrhizal
K1 Stand age
K1 Soil fertility
K1 Fungal diversity
K1 2417.06 Micología (Setas)
K1 3106 Ciencia Forestal
AB Eucalyptus tree species are widely used in Ethiopian plantations, but the impact of these plantations on the soil fungal communities is still unknown. We assessed the changes in diversity, species composition and ecological guilds of the soil fungal communities across tree ages of Eucalyptus grandis plantations by DNA metabarcoding of ITS2 amplicons. Changes in soil fungal species composition, diversity and ecological guilds were related to stand age but also to fertility changes. The relative abundance of saprotrophs and pathogens were negatively correlated with stand age, and positively with soil fertility. In contrast, the relative abundance and diversity of ectomycorrhizal species were higher in older, less fertile stands, including well-known cosmopolitan species but also species associated with Eucalyptus, such as Scleroderma albidum and Descomyces albellus. We show that soil fungal community changes are linked to progressive soil colonization by tree roots but are also related to soil fertility changes.
PB Elsevier
SN 1754-5048
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65774
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65774
LA eng
NO Fungal Ecology, June 2019, vol.  39, p. 328-335
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 12-jul-2024