Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a key role in the phosphate (P) uptake of many important crop species, but the mechanisms that control their efficiency and their contribution to the P nutrition of the host plant are only poorly understood. METHODS: The P uptake and growth potential of two soybean genotypes that differ in their root architectural traits and P acquisition efficiency were studied after colonization with different AM fungi and the transcript levels of plant P transporters involved in the plant or mycorrhizal P uptake pathway were examined. KEY RESULTS: The mycorrhizal growth responses of both soybean genotypes ranged from highly beneficial to detrimental, and were dependent on the P supply conditions, and the fungal species involved. Only the colonization with Rhizophagus irregularis increased the growth and P uptake of both soybean genotypes. The expression of GmPT4 was downregulated, while the mycorrhiza-inducible P transporter GmPT10 was upregulated by colonization with R. irregularis Colonization with both fungi also led to higher transcript levels of the mycorrhiza-inducible P transporter GmPT9, but only in plants colonized with R. irregularis were the higher transcript levels correlated to a better P supply. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that AM fungi can also significantly contribute to the P uptake and growth potential of genotypes with a higher P acquisition efficiency, but that mycorrhizal P benefits depend strongly on the P supply conditions and the fungal species involved.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal growth responses ranged from beneficial to detrimental across P conditions and fungal species.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Material
- soybean genotypese0
- Outcome
- mycorrhizal growth responsese0
- Qualifier
- P supply conditions, and the fungal species involvede0
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e0“The mycorrhizal growth responses of both soybean genotypes ranged from highly beneficial to detrimental, and were dependent on the P supply conditions, and the fungal species involved.”
t0“soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizophagus irregularis colonization increased growth of both soybean genotypes.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- colonization with Rhizophagus irregularise0
- Interactor
- Rhizophagus irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularise0symbiont - Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Only the colonization with Rhizophagus irregularis increased the growth and P uptake of both soybean genotypes.”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizophagus irregularis colonization increased P uptake of both soybean genotypes.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- colonization with Rhizophagus irregularise0
- Interactor
- Rhizophagus irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularise0symbiont - Outcome
- P uptakee0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Only the colonization with Rhizophagus irregularis increased the growth and P uptake of both soybean genotypes.”
Claim · model-written summary
R. irregularis colonization downregulated GmPT4 expression.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- colonization with R. irregularise0
- Interactor
- R. irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularise0symbiont - Gene
- GmPT4e0
- Outcome
- expression of GmPT4e0
- Direction
- downregulatede0
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Verbatim
e0“The expression of GmPT4 was downregulated, while the mycorrhiza-inducible P transporter GmPT10 was upregulated by colonization with R. irregularis”
t0“soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
R. irregularis colonization upregulated GmPT10.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- colonization with R. irregularise0
- Interactor
- R. irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularise0symbiont - Gene
- GmPT10e0
- Outcome
- P transporter GmPT10e0
- Direction
- upregulatede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.


Verbatim
e0“The expression of GmPT4 was downregulated, while the mycorrhiza-inducible P transporter GmPT10 was upregulated by colonization with R. irregularis”
t0“soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
Colonization with both fungi increased GmPT9 transcript levels.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Treatment
- Colonization with both fungie0
- Gene
- GmPT9e0
- Outcome
- transcript levelse0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
e0“Colonization with both fungi also led to higher transcript levels of the mycorrhiza-inducible P transporter GmPT9, but only in plants colonized with R. irregularis were the higher transcript levels correlated to a better P supply.”
t0“soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
In R. irregularis-colonized plants, higher transcript levels correlated with better P supply.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Interactor
- R. irregularis
Rhizophagus irregularise0symbiont - Outcome
- P supplye0
- Direction
- bettere0
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Verbatim
e0“only in plants colonized with R. irregularis were the higher transcript levels correlated to a better P supply.”
t0“soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer AM fungi can contribute to P uptake even in P-efficient genotypes, subject to P supply and fungus identity.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Interactor
- AM fungiGlomeromycotae0symbiont
- Outcome
- P uptakee0
- Qualifier
- P supply conditions and the fungal species involvede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“AM fungi can also significantly contribute to the P uptake and growth potential of genotypes with a higher P acquisition efficiency, but that mycorrhizal P benefits depend strongly on the P supply conditions and the fungal species involved.”
t0“soybean”
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