Mycorrhizal Formation and Diversity of Endophytic Fungi in Hair Roots of Vaccinium oldhamii Miq. in Japan

Takashi Baba; Dai Hirose; Nobumitsu Sasaki; Naoaki Watanabe; Nobuo Kobayashi; Yuji Kurashige; Fraidoon Karimi; Takuya Ban

doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME16011

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Mycorrhizal Formation and Diversity of Endophytic Fungi in Hair Roots of Vaccinium oldhamii Miq. in Japan

Takashi Baba, Dai Hirose, Nobumitsu Sasaki, Naoaki Watanabe, Nobuo Kobayashi, Yuji Kurashige, Fraidoon Karimi, Takuya Ban

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Keywords: Clone library, dark septate endophyte, ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, hair root, Vaccinium oldhamii Miq

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2016 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 186-189

DOI https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME16011

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Abstract

The root diameters as well as colonization and diversity of the root-associating fungi of Vaccinium oldhamii Miq. were investigated in order to obtain information on their mycorrhizal properties. The distal regions of roots had typical hair roots with diameters of less than 100 μm. Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi (ErMF) and dark septate endophytes (DSE) were frequently observed in the roots. Ascomycetes, particularly helotialean fungi, appeared to be dominant among the endophytic fungi of V. oldhamii roots. Furthermore, Rhizoscyphus ericae (Read) Zhuang & Korf and Oidiodendron maius Barron known as ErMF were detected more frequently than other fungal species.

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