Aphid herbivory drives asymmetry in carbon for nutrient exchange between plants and an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus
| Main Author: | Charters, Michael |
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| Format: | Dataset |
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Mendeley
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https:/data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwm2ttb5rv |
Daftar Isi:
- Study conducted to investigate the effect of manipulating the source and sink strengths of plant C resources on carbon for nutrient (P) exchange between wheat and an arbucular mycorrhizal fungus. C source strength was manipulated by growing plants at ambient and elevated atmospheric [CO2]. C sink strength was manipulated by the addition or exclusion of Rhopalosiphum padi aphids. Our research questions were as follows: (i) Does increasing external C sink strength (i.e. addition of aphids) reduce plant C allocation to an AM fungus? (ii) Does increasing C source strength (i.e. elevated [CO2]) increase plant C allocation to an AM fungus? (iii) Can increasing C source strength mitigate increased external plant C sinks? (iv) Does plant assimilation of mycorrhizal-acquired nutrients change relative to plant C allocation?