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JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 161, Issue 5, Pages 509-517Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01208
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Quercus robur; Piloderma croceum; activated charcoal; Chl fluroescence; ectomy; corrhiza; indole-3-acetic acid; relative humidity; root/shoot development
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A Petri dish system in which development of oak (Quercus robur L.) microcuttings is stimulated by the late stage ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungus Piloderma croceum J. Erikss. & Hjortst. in a long pre-symbiotic stage was optimised to allow synchronous, rhythmic plant growth. Addition of indole-3-acetic acid or activated charcoal to the medium caused an early and more intensive EM formation coupled with suppression of most developmental effects of P croceum. Leaf area, chlorophyll fluorescence, and content were compared in inoculated and uninoculated plants grown at two relative humidity levels (45 and 95 %) and under consideration of three possible answers to inoculation, that is, no or EM formation after the 1(st) or the 2(nd) shoot flush. The culture conditions for uninoculated plants were suboptimal, leading toward photochemical stress reflected by a non photochemical quenching (qE) increase and a reduced Chl content at the end of the assay. Prior to EM formation, inoculation itself enhanced the optimal (Fv/Fm) and effective (PhiPSII) quantum yield in leaves of the V shoot flush under reduced relative humidity. It also fully protected the plants against stress during the complete assays. The results indicate that inoculated plants only form EM once they have acquired a sufficient development level and C-providing capacity. However, the fungus actively improves the development and photosynthesis of plants up to the pre-mycorrhizal stage, helping them to reach this capacity.
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