Mycorrhizal Formation and Diversity of Endophytic Fungi in Hair Roots of Vaccinium oldhamii Miq. in Japan.
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.
United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
Takashi
T
Baba
Dai
D
Hirose
Nobumitsu
N
Sasaki
Naoaki
N
Watanabe
Nobuo
N
Kobayashi
Yuji
Y
Kurashige
Fraidoon
F
Karimi
Takuya
T
Ban
D044822:Biodiversity; D060026:Endophytes / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007564:Japan; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D029796:Vaccinium / Q000382:microbiology*