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卷 87, 期 4, 页码 387-400出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/B09-006
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hyphal growth; fine branching (FB); runner hyphae (RH); grid-line intersect (GL); Glomus intraradices; Glomus diaphanum
资金
- Universite Laval
- Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development
- Fonds Quebecquois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
The present study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to investigate the use of the fractal dimension (FD) to quantify the growth and development of undisturbed, fully functional arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) hyphae developing in vitro. The majority of the work focused on the model AM fungus Glomus intraradices DAOM 181602. The time course study and final measurements of an intact mature extraradical mycelium allowed us to compare the development of the mycelium and the FD value. The final FD value of 1.62 for the mature mycelium is similar to that obtained for highly branched root systems and tree crowns. The FD method was used to characterize the morphology of germinative and pre-symbiotic hyphae in the presence of stimulatory (strigolactone GR-24, 0.1 mu mol(.)L(-1) and bisphenol A, 10 mu mol(.)L(-1)) and inhibitory (NaCl, 80 mmol(.)L(-1)) molecules, and the extraradical phase in the presence of an inhibitory molecule (NaCl, 80 mmol(.)L(-1)). Where possible, results were compared with those obtained using the traditional grid-line (GL) technique. The FD approach allowed treatment effects to be accurately quantified, both in germinative and extraradical phases. In the second case, this technique provided a single quantitative value of extraradical hyphal growth that included runner hyphae (RH) networks, and fine-branching (FB) ramifications. This is in contrast to the GL technique, which provides a value for the estimation of RH, but which is not suitable for accurately measuring FB hyphae. Given the ease with which the FD values can be calculated, and the fact that this method can provide a single value for the quantification of extraradical hyphal growth and development, we suggest that this method is useful for in vitro studies. Furthermore under certain situations of germinative or presymbiotic growth, it may be used in concert with the GL method to provide a greater degree of information about hyphal morphology. The usefulness and limits of the FD method at different stages of the AM fungal growth cycle are discussed.
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