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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 249-260Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq274
Keywords
Heterosis; heritability; host genetic control; Laccaria bicolor; poplar; secreted enzymes
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- French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development
- Region Lorraine/INRA
- European Network of Excellence EVOLTREE
- Swiss National Science Foundation
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The impact of ectomycorrhiza formation on the secretion of exoenzymes by the host plant and the symbiont is unknown. Thirty-eight F-1 individuals from an interspecific Populus deltoides (Bartr.)xPopulus trichocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray) controlled cross were inoculated with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor. The colonization of poplar roots by L. bicolor dramatically modified their ability to secrete enzymes involved in organic matter breakdown or organic phosphorus mobilization, such as N-acetylglucosaminidase, beta-glucuronidase, cellobiohydrolase, beta-glucosidase, beta-xylosidase, laccase, and acid phosphatase. The expression of genes coding for laccase, N-acetylglucosaminidase, and acid phosphatase was studied in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal root tips. Depending on the genes, their expression was regulated upon symbiosis development. Moreover, it appears that poplar laccases or phosphatases contribute poorly to ectomycorrhiza metabolic activity. Enzymes secreted by poplar roots were added to or substituted by enzymes secreted by L. bicolor. The enzymatic activities expressed in mycorrhizal roots differed significantly between the two parents, while it did not differ in non-mycorrhizal roots. Significant differences were found between poplar genotypes for all enzymatic activities measured on ectomycorrhizas except for laccases activity. In contrast, no significant differences were found between poplar genotypes for enzymatic activities of non-mycorrhizal root tips except for acid phosphatase activity. The level of enzymes secreted by the ectomycorrhizal root tips is under the genetic control of the host. Moreover, poplar heterosis was expressed through the enzymatic activities of the fungal partner.
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