Article ; Online: Mycorrhizas drive the evolution of plant adaptation to drought.
Communications biology
2023 Volume 6, Issue 1, Page(s) 346
Abstract: Plant adaptation to drought facilitates major ecological transitions, and will likely play a vital role under looming climate change. Mycorrhizas, i.e. strategic associations between plant roots and soil-borne symbiotic fungi, can exert strong influence ... ...
Abstract | Plant adaptation to drought facilitates major ecological transitions, and will likely play a vital role under looming climate change. Mycorrhizas, i.e. strategic associations between plant roots and soil-borne symbiotic fungi, can exert strong influence on the tolerance to drought of extant plants. Here, I show how mycorrhizal strategy and drought adaptation have been shaping one another throughout the course of plant evolution. To characterize the evolutions of both plant characters, I applied a phylogenetic comparative method using data of 1,638 extant species globally distributed. The detected correlated evolution unveiled gains and losses of drought tolerance occurring at faster rates in lineages with ecto- or ericoid mycorrhizas, which were on average about 15 and 300 times faster than in lineages with the arbuscular mycorrhizal and naked root (non-mycorrhizal alone or with facultatively arbuscular mycorrhizal) strategy, respectively. My study suggests that mycorrhizas can play a key facilitator role in the evolutionary processes of plant adaptation to critical changes in water availability across global climates. |
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MeSH term(s) | Mycorrhizae/genetics ; Phylogeny ; Droughts ; Symbiosis ; Adaptation, Physiological ; Plants/genetics ; Plants/microbiology |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-03-30 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ISSN | 2399-3642 |
ISSN (online) | 2399-3642 |
DOI | 10.1038/s42003-023-04722-4 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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