Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Eun-Hwa Lee 1, Kang-Hyeon Ka 2 and Ahn-Heum Eom
1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongwon 363-791, Korea
2Division of Wood Chemistry and Microbiology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March 31, 2014, 42(1):34-39.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2014.42.1.34
Received: March 4, 2014; Revised: March 22, 2014; Accepted: March 24, 2014
Published: March 31, 2014.
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In this study, the community structures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in rhizospheres of Camellia japonica and neighboring woody plants in Wando, Korea were investigated. Rhizospheres of C. japonica and other woody plants were dominated by the same species, Acaulospora mellea, but Shannon’s index, species richness and total spore numbers of the AMF communities were higher in non-C. japonica than in neighboring plants. Regardless of host plant species, the frequency of A. mellea was significantly high comparing with other AMF species. The community similarity of AMF within C. japonica was significantly higher than between C. japonica and neighboring plants or neighboring plants (p<0.005). Results showed that AM fungal communities in rhizospheres of C. japonica have unique community structure and are different from that of neighboring host plants, suggesting that community structure of AMF could be influenced by host plant species.
AMF, Community structure, Diversity, Glomeromycota, Host plants, Mycorrhizas