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Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Organization of Dominant Tree Prosopis laevigata (Mesquite) in a Xeric Shrub of Central Mexico

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The aim of this study was to obtain clues in view to understand plant mosaic assemblage in a plot of a shrubland, with a dominance of mesquite (Prosopis laevigata) trees at the Mezquital Valley, Hidalgo State, in Central México. For this, the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associated with the oldest tree of the study area and their nearest neighbors of the same species were sampled (in the dry period), in soil of the four cardinal points under the canopy of each tree, and analyzed in order to determine richness and abundance of AMF spores. The results show that 3 AMF genera species were present in all mesquite trees and that the oldest and youngest, the nearest and the furthest trees shared this same AMF consortium (Sclerocystis sinuosa and 2 Glomus spp.). This points out that the oldest mesquite can have the role of “mother tree” to spread fungal propagules in a semiarid environment, where the structure of plant mosaics has patched (dotted) or banded (brousse tigrée) patterns derived by soil water potential. Also, the multivariate analysis of data shows a cluster grouping the oldest mesquite tree and the dominant AMF consortium. It was concluded that fungal network has an important role in the exploitation of scare soil resources (water and nutrients) and for determining the plant guild assemblages above- and belowground.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Roberto Ramos González for his technical assistance in mycorrhizal analysis and for study area map. We are also grateful to Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) for logistics in field work and for financial support by means of grants: PAPIIT IN212415 and PAPIME 206414 of the UNAM’ Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico (DGAPA).

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    Arcadio Monroy-Ata, Juan Carlos Peña-Becerril & Mariano García-Díaz

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Monroy-Ata, A., Peña-Becerril, J.C., García-Díaz, M. (2016). Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Organization of Dominant Tree Prosopis laevigata (Mesquite) in a Xeric Shrub of Central Mexico. In: Pagano, M. (eds) Recent Advances on Mycorrhizal Fungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24355-9_4

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