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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Using mycorrhiza-defective mutant genotypes of non-legume plant species to study the formation and functioning of arbuscular mycorrhiza: a review |
Author: | Watts-Williams, S. Cavagnaro, T. |
Citation: | Mycorrhiza, 2015; 25(8):587-597 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
ISSN: | 0940-6360 1432-1890 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Stephanie J. Watts-Williams, Timothy R. Cavagnaro |
Abstract: | A significant challenge facing the study of arbuscular mycorrhiza is the establishment of suitable non-mycorrhizal treatments that can be compared with mycorrhizal treatments. A number of options are available, including soil disinfection or sterilisation, comparison of constitutively mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plant species, comparison of plants grown in soils with different inoculum potential and the comparison of mycorrhiza-defective mutant genotypes with their mycorrhizal wild-type progenitors. Each option has its inherent advantages and limitations. Here, the potential to use mycorrhiza-defective mutant and wild-type genotype plant pairs as tools to study the functioning of mycorrhiza is reviewed. The emphasis of this review is placed on non-legume plant species, as mycorrhiza-defective plant genotypes in legumes have recently been extensively reviewed. It is concluded that non-legume mycorrhiza-defective mutant and wild-type pairs are useful tools in the study of mycorrhiza. However, the mutant genotypes should be well characterised and, ideally, meet a number of key criteria. The generation of more mycorrhiza-defective mutant genotypes in agronomically important plant species would be of benefit, as would be more research using these genotype pairs, especially under field conditions. |
Keywords: | Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Mycorrhiza-defective mutant genotype; Reduced mycorrhizal colonisation (rmc); Solanum lycopersicum (tomato); Micro-Tom |
Rights: | © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00572-015-0639-2 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100463 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-015-0639-2 |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest 7 |
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