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Investigating the impact of the mycorrhizal inoculum on the resident fungal community and on plant growth

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In the last few decades, microbial inoculants have been used as organic fertilizers worldwide. Among the most widely used commercial products are arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, as these fungi can associate with a variety of crops. Despite the potential benefits for soil quality and crop yield associated with AM fungal colonization, experiments assessing the persistence of the fungi in the field have yielded inconsistent results. Additionally, it is not yet clear whether or not the introduction of commercial inoculants could lead to changes to the resident fungal community, and eventually to invasion of the commercial products with a possible displacement of resident species. Here we use a partial differential equation model to assess the potential biodiversity risks and productivity benefits deriving from inoculation. We study the impact of AM fungal inoculation on the resident fungal community and on plant growth at a landscape scale. We determine how inoculant persistence and spread is affected by its competition with resident fungal species, by its mutualist quality, and by fungal dispersal. Our findings suggest that the increase in fungal abundance due to inoculation always leads to a short-term increase in host productivity, regardless of inoculant identity. However, the use of strongly competing inoculants constitutes a biodiversity risk, and may result in the invasion of low quality mutualists.
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hal-03006657 , version 1 (17-11-2020)

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Maria Martignoni, Jimmy Garnier, Miranda Hart, Rebecca Tyson. Investigating the impact of the mycorrhizal inoculum on the resident fungal community and on plant growth. Ecological Modelling, 2020, pp.109321. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109321⟩. ⟨hal-03006657⟩
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