Journal
FORESTS
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f13071036
Keywords
arbuscular mycorrhiza; Betula ermanii; brown rot; ectomycorrhiza; nurse log; white rot
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- Inamori Foundation
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Dead wood is an important microsite for seedling regeneration in forest ecosystems. The type of fungal wood decay plays a significant role in determining the density and species composition of regenerating seedlings, but the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. This study conducted pot experiments with different tree species to evaluate their growth in different substrates. The results showed that different tree species respond differently to different substrates, and the colonization of mycorrhizal fungi is affected by the substrate as well.
Dead wood is an important microsite for seedling regeneration in forest ecosystems. Although recent studies have found important associations between fungal wood decay type (white rot and brown rot) and both density and species composition of regenerating seedlings, its abiotic and biotic mechanisms are unknown. In the present study, pot experiments were conducted with the seedlings of two ectomycorrhizal tree species (Abies veitchii and Betula ermanii) and two arbuscular mycorrhizal tree species (Chamaecyparis obtusa and Cryptomeria japonica) to evaluate their growth using three substrates: brown rot wood, white rot wood, and soil. Results showed that the shoot growth of B. ermanii grown in white rot wood was greater than in other substrates, but this effect disappeared in sterilized substrates, suggesting some biotic positive effects occur in white rot wood. The seedling weights of Cr. japonica and Ch. obtusa were found to be greater in soil than in wood, and this may be partly attributable to the high mycorrhizal rate of their roots in soil. Colonization of arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi was restricted to the seedlings in unsterilized soil. These results demonstrate the importance of the biological mechanisms affecting seedlings' preferences for a variety of regeneration microsites and illustrate the need for future experiments to include larger sets of seedling species.
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