Distribution and abundance of infective, soilborne Frankia and host symbionts Shepherdia, Alnus, and Myrica in a sand dune ecosystem

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet McCray Batzli ◽  
Jeff F Zimpfer ◽  
Valérie Huguet ◽  
Charles A Smyth ◽  
Maria Fernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Sand Dune ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Vegetative Cover ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Successional Stage ◽  
Greenhouse Study ◽  
Submerged Soils ◽  
Speckled Alder

We describe presence, abundance, and distribution of three sympatric nitrogen-fixing shrubs and their symbiotic diazatroph, Frankia, in a sand dune ecosystem differing in successional stage, vegetative cover, edaphic characteristics, and topography. Distribution of actinorhizal Myrica gale L., Alnus incana (L.) Moench subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen, and Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. was analyzed among 120 sampling locations representing a gradient of successional stages in a sand dune system along Lake Michigan. In a greenhouse study, seedlings of these species were employed to bioassay the presence and abundance of infective Frankia in soils. Shepherdia-infective Frankia was detected in 80% of the plots, while Alnus- and Myrica-infective Frankia were found in 65% and 64% of the plots, respectively, with no Frankia found in 18% of the plots. Only 14% of the plots supported actinorhizal host-plant species. Infective Frankia were present in soils of young dunes prior to the establishment of any actinorhizal hosts. Shepherdia-infective Frankia were more abundant in soils from drier, earlier successional sites, while Alnus- and Myrica-infective Frankia were more abundant in moister soils of later successional communities. A previous study had revealed that nodular Frankia strains at this site were host specific for Shepherdia and largely so for Myrica and Alnus, which had only a small proportion of shared strains (Huguet et al. 2001). The likelihood of host-plant nodulation by soilborne Frankia was increased by the presence of actinorhizal plants in general, but not by the presence of their respective specific host plants. Submerged soils had no infectious capacity, whereas soils with greater in situ moisture content and soils subject to intermittent saturation tended to have lower infectious capacities overall. Our results suggest that soilborne, infective Frankia genotypes are not only host specific, but are also associated with spatially and chronologically distinct sets of ecological conditions.Key words: speckled alder, sweet gale, Canada buffalo berry, actinorhizal, nitrogen fixation, Frankia, root nodules.

Nodular symbionts ofShepherdia,Alnus, andMyricafrom a sand dune ecosystem: trends in occurrence of soilborneFrankiagenotypes

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 691-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Huguet ◽  
J M Batzli ◽  
J F Zimpfer ◽  
F Gourbière ◽  
J O Dawson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dune ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Plant Cover ◽  
Intergenic Spacer ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Greenhouse Study ◽  
Homogeneous Cluster ◽  
Actinorhizal Species ◽  
The Impact

A successional sand dune system along the Lake Michigan shoreline was chosen to study the impact of edaphic factors, vegetation cover, and topographic position on Frankia strain distribution and infectivity. On this site, three actinorhizal species, Myrica gale L., Alnus incana (L.) Moench subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen, and Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt., grew in different communities. Soil samples were collected on plots devoid of actinorhizal plants and serially diluted to inoculate the three native host plants in a greenhouse study. Strains present in the nodules formed were then genetically characterized using PCR-RFLP of the 16S–23S intergenic spacer (IGS). An additional study site was included to estimate the impact of the sympatric presence of the three host species on soil infectivity and strain diversity. On this second site, soils used as inocula were collected in the rhizosphere of M. gale and S. canadensis. The M. gale and A. incana nodular strains belonged to an homogeneous cluster, whereas the S. cana densis nodular strains were separated into two distinct genetic clusters, irrespective of edaphic conditions and proximity to the host's root systems. A χ2analysis conducted on Shepherdia-infective strains showed the dominance of two distinct genotypes, with one of them being specific to newly formed dunes lacking plant cover and the other specific to older, stable dunes with dense vegetative cover.Key words: Frankia, Myrica, Shepherdia, Alnus, IGS 16S–23S, sand dunes.

Vegetation of a coastal sand dune system in southern New Zealand

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin T. Sykes ◽  
J. Bastow Wilson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sand Dune ◽  
Coastal Sand Dune ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Coastal Sand

An analysis of the chalcidoid (Hymenoptera) fauna of a sand-dune system

1977 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. W. COPLAND ◽  
R. R. ASKEW
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dune ◽  
Dune System

The Vegetation of a Sand-Dune System in the Outer Hebrides

1948 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Gimingham ◽  
A. R. Gemmell ◽  
P. Greig-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dune ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Outer Hebrides

Coastal Observations: Rapid development and colonization of a UK sand dune system

Shore & Beach ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
A.T. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dune ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Sea Buckthorn ◽  
Ammophila Arenaria ◽  
Couch Grass ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Dune Systems ◽  
Frontal Part ◽  
Agrostis Tenuis ◽  
South Wales

Between the years 1200 and 1600, vast quantities of sand were brought inshore from offshore bars as a result of centuries of ferocious storms, to form a series of dune systems along the South Wales coastline. Today, as a result of many housing, leisure, and industrial developments only a few remnants exist. On one such remnant at Porthcawl, Wales, UK, became a caravan site in the 1930s, which was abandoned in 1993 for political reasons. Within 27 years a minimum of 120,000 m3 of sand was transported from the adjacent beach and formed dunes >4 m in height along a 400- m frontal edge that extended some 130 m inland, approximately a third of the site. Typical vegetation found along the frontal part of the system are Ammophila arenaria (marram), Agropyron junceiforme (sand couch grass) and Euphorbia maritimum (spurge). To the rear of the system, vegetation included Agrostis tenuis and stolonifera, (bent and creeping bent grass), Cirsium avense (creeping thistle), and Caluna vulgaris (heather). A 4-m-high and c. 3000m2 area of a vigorous stand of Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn) has also formed. The rapidity of dune formation and vegetation colonization is staggering.

Relationships among plant-parasitic nematodes, mycorrhizal fungi and the dominant vegetation of a sand dune system

Ecoscience ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Richard Little ◽  
M. Anwar Maun
Keyword(s):  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Sand Dune ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Plant Parasitic

scholarly journals OBSERVATIONS OF BEACH-DUNE MORPHOGOLICAL RESPONSE TO STORM WAVES USING LIDAR BATHYMETRIC MAPPING IN A WAVE BASIN

2018 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Ramy Y. Marmoush ◽  
Ryan P. Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Sand Dune ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Sand Beach ◽  
Coastal Morphology ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Storm Waves ◽  
Impact Scale ◽  
Wave Basin ◽  
Run Up

Waves during major storms can cause significant changes to coastal morphology (Lee et al., 1998). The beach-dune system is known to be highly vulnerable to erosion when the wave run-up exceeds the threshold of the base of the dune in the collision regime, according to the Storm Impact scale defined by Sallenger (2000). Detailed bathymetric measurements are very difficult to obtain during storms due to the hazardous wave conditions. However, bathymetric surveys can be easily and intermittently performed during smaller scale physical model experiments (e.g., Hamilton et al., 2001) and high resolution can be achieved using laser scanning with Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensors (Smith et al., 2017). In the present study, a laboratory experiment of beach-dune morphology change is conducted in a rectangular wave basin that has recently been used to simulate erosion of a 2-dimensional sand dune (Berard et al., 2017). The objective of the present study is to investigate the 3-dimensional morphologic response of a sand beach-dune system to storm waves approaching at an oblique angle.

The Fungi of a Coastal Sand Dune System

1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Rees ◽  
E. B. G. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dune ◽  
Coastal Sand Dune ◽  
Dune System ◽  
Coastal Sand

scholarly journals The rhizobial autotransporter determines the symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity of Lotus japonicus in a host-specific manner

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 1806-1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Shimoda ◽  
Yuki Nishigaya ◽  
Hiroko Yamaya-Ito ◽  
Noritoshi Inagaki ◽  
Yosuke Umehara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Lotus Japonicus ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Strain Specificity ◽  
Passenger Domain ◽  
Aspartic Peptidase ◽  
Specific Manner

Leguminous plants establish endosymbiotic associations with rhizobia and form root nodules in which the rhizobia fix atmospheric nitrogen. The host plant and intracellular rhizobia strictly control this symbiotic nitrogen fixation. We recently reported a Lotus japonicus Fix− mutant, apn1 (aspartic peptidase nodule-induced 1), that impairs symbiotic nitrogen fixation. APN1 encodes a nodule-specific aspartic peptidase involved in the Fix− phenotype in a rhizobial strain-specific manner. This host-strain specificity implies that some molecular interactions between host plant APN1 and rhizobial factors are required, although the biological function of APN1 in nodules and the mechanisms governing the interactions are unknown. To clarify how rhizobial factors are involved in strain-specific nitrogen fixation, we explored transposon mutants of Mesorhizobium loti strain TONO, which normally form Fix− nodules on apn1 roots, and identified TONO mutants that formed Fix+ nodules on apn1. The identified causal gene encodes an autotransporter, part of a protein secretion system of Gram-negative bacteria. Expression of the autotransporter gene in M. loti strain MAFF3030399, which normally forms Fix+ nodules on apn1 roots, resulted in Fix− nodules. The autotransporter of TONO functions to secrete a part of its own protein (a passenger domain) into extracellular spaces, and the recombinant APN1 protein cleaved the passenger protein in vitro. The M. loti autotransporter showed the activity to induce the genes involved in nodule senescence in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, we conclude that the nodule-specific aspartic peptidase, APN1, suppresses negative effects of the rhizobial autotransporter in order to maintain effective symbiotic nitrogen fixation in root nodules.

scholarly journals Utilizing the combined antifungal potential of Trichoderma spp. and organic amendments against dry root rot of mungbean

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anam Choudhary ◽  
Shabbir Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Root Rot ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Organic Amendments ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Dual Culture ◽  
Trichoderma Spp ◽  
Rhizoctonia Bataticola ◽  
Neem Cake ◽  
Greenhouse Study

AbstractThe present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of bioagents and organic amendments in suppressing the dry root rot of mungbean incited by Rhizoctonia bataticola. The locally isolated pathogen and fungal biocontrol agents were identified based on morphological and molecular characterization. These identified bioagents were tested in vitro, and the highest mycelial inhibition was recorded in dual culture assay by Trichoderma harzianum (74.44%), and among organic amendments, maximum mycelial inhibition was found in neem cake (61.11%). In a greenhouse study, T. harzianum + neem cake effectively enhanced the percent germination (93.33%) and decreased the percent disease mortality (11.67%) than the other treatments. The morphological parameter like plant height (57.50 cm), dry weight (22.83 g) root nodules (51), pods/plant (58), and 100-seed weight (5.78 g) were found to be at the maximum in this combined application. Physiological pigments viz. chlorophyll (2.41 mg/g) and carotenoids (0.19 mg/g), protein content (5.85 mg/g), and leghemoglobin (11.75 mg/g) were also found to be maximum in T. harzianum + neem cake and minimum phenol content (1.41 mg/g). The study concludes that T. harzianum + neem cake can be recommended as an effective approach for the management of dry root rot of mungbean.

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