Drought and Herbivory Enhance Epichloë‐Mediated Resistance to Insect Herbivores via Modulation of Alkaloid Precursors and Oxidative Processes In the Pooideae subfamily, resistance to insect herbivores often depends on a defensive mutualism with Epichloë fungal endophytes, which produce anti-invertebrate alkaloids such as lolines and perami...

Viewpoint in @pplplantarum.bsky.social 'Drought and Herbivory Enhance Epichloë-Mediated Resistance to Insect Herbivores via Modulation of Alkaloid Precursors and Oxidative Processes' Great collaboration with @pgundel.bsky.social
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Very honoured to be involved in this huge collaboration investigating global invasion in ☘️ by contributing fitness data from the transcontinental common garden experiment I completed during my PhD with @evoecolab.bsky.social! Well done to @brandonhendrickson.bsky.social and many many others!

ISGME2025 ISGME2025 | Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand

Next November we will meet at the International Symposium of Grass Microbial Endophytes 2025 in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. Come and join us: isgme2025.com

An appraisal of the protection conferred by foliar Epichloë endophytes against root herbivores in plants: A meta-analysis The role of foliar endophytes in modulating plant interactions with herbivores has been less investigated in belowground than aboveground environments…

An appraisal of the protection conferred by foliar Epichloë endophytes against root herbivores in plants: A meta-analysis. Mechanisms and knowledge-gaps regarding how foliar-endophytes mediate plant-herbivore interaction belowground. @agresearch.bsky.social
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New item by Pedro gundel

Morning guttation drops photos.app.goo.gl/ztD6ux64uYpf...

Male and female (fruits) flowers of Castanea sativa, a tree in the garden of my grandma in Tapalqué, Argentina.

The potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to improve soil organic carbon agricultural ecosystems: A meta‐analytical approach Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Led by @Georconti, our new meta-analytical article in @FunEcology explores how #arbuscular_mycorrhizal_fungi (#AMF) enhance #soil_organic_carbon in #agricultural_ecosystems. Check it out!
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Pedro Gundel: plant-fungi symbiosis and the impact of host fitness and vertical transmission efficiency In our new post Pedro Gundel, researcher at University of Talca (Chile) presents his work ‘Temporal host–symbiont dynamics in community contexts: Impact of host fitness and vertical transmission ef…

📰Behind the Paper!📰

🌱@pgundel.bsky.social shows how symbiotic species transmit between generations, discusses the complexity of ecological processes and shares the long path that paved the way to this work🛣️

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Thank you for this wonderful opportunity! We studied the relative contribution of the #fitness of symbiotic and non-symbiotic individuals, as well as the #vertical_transmission efficiency, to the prevalence of #symbiosis between #Lolium multiflorum and the #endophytic_fungus #Epichloë occultans.

Temporal host–symbiont dynamics in community contexts: Impacts of host fitness and vertical transmission efficiency on symbiosis prevalence Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

We published an article in @funecology.bsky.social (Functional Ecology) showing community dependent #plant-endophyte #symbiosis prevalence with #vertical_transmission playing a significant role!
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A historical and current summary of plant species (weeds) that have evolved resistance to agricultural herbicides en Argentina. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....