Researchers like Amanda Griffin at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study aboveground-belowground microbial interactions to make plant microbiome research more predictive.

Check out this new #AJB Review by Connor Morozumi et al.!

Aboveground-belowground microbial interactions in plants: A call to recognize the complexity within multispecies microbial communities

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#plantscience #botany #ecology #endophytes #Epichloë #mycorrhizae

Grass choke disease on #Dactylis glomerata caused by #Epichloë typhina (Ascomycota), seen here with mostly immature stromae and mycophagous larvae of #Botanophila sp. involved in cross-fertilizing the fungus (La Roche-Guyon, FR).

A simplified flow diagram of experimental operations.

Both aboveground #EndophyticFungi and belowground #SoilMicrobes can influence #PlantGrowth. Yaobing Qu et al. investigated whether the role of aboveground #Epichloë #Endophytes in the growth and competitive ability of the host grasses was influenced by soil microbes.
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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.

#Clonostachys epichloë hyperparasiting #Epichloë typhina, the causal agent of choke, a fungus that systemically infects crown & foliage of #Dactylis glomerata (Thérondels, FR).

Grass choke disease caused by two #Epichloë species: one on #Bromus erectus (likely E. bromicola) and the other on #Brachypodium sylvaticum (likely E. sylvatica), with in both cases a larva of Botanophila sp. involved in cross-fertilizing the fungus (La Roche-Guyon, France).

Old stromata of #Epichloë typhina on #Dactylis glomerata ('Quenouille du dactyle" in French), likely superinfected with #Fusarium sp. (maybe F. graminarum?) here with fusiform conidia (Millau, FR).

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Some mature stromata of #Epichloë typhina on #Dactylis glomerata, found today just a few meters from the @INRAE_Bioger building (Thiverval-Grignon, FR).

(1/2) Stong attack of #Epichloë sp. (maybe Epichloë sylvatica) on #Brachypodium pinnatum (Japanese false brome), Rambouillet, FR.

(1/2) Stong attack of #Epichloë sp. (maybe Epichloë sylvatica) on #Brachypodium pinnatum (Japanese false brome), Rambouillet, FR.

Today, a few meters from my office @INRAE_Bioger 🤗: several immature stromae of #Epichloë typhina on orchardgrass (#Dactylis glomerata), with larvae of #Botanophila sp. involved in the fungus fertilization. Amazing story summarized last year ⬇️

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Today, a few meters from my office @INRAE_Bioger 🤗: several immature stromae of #Epichloë typhina on orchardgrass (#Dactylis glomerata), with larvae of #Botanophila sp. involved in the fungus fertilization. Amazing story summarized last year ⬇️

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#Epichloë typhina on #Dactylis glomerata, Versailles-Chèvreloup arboretum (FR). The fungal stromata reveal now mature perithecia (orange) with many clusters of asci containing ascospores (blue)... but no longer any Botanophila sp. larvae.
Below, the beginning of the story 1⃣➡️8⃣.

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#Epichloë typhina on #Dactylis glomerata, Versailles-Chèvreloup arboretum (FR). The fungal stromata reveal now mature perithecia (orange) with many clusters of asci containing ascospores (blue)... but no longer any Botanophila sp. larvae.
Below, the beginning of the story 1⃣➡️8⃣.

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#Epichloë typhina on #Dactylis glomerata, Versailles-Chèvreloup arboretum (FR). The fungal stromata reveal now mature perithecia (orange) with many clusters of asci containing ascospores (blue)... but no longer any Botanophila sp. larvae.
Below, the beginning of the story 1⃣➡️8⃣.

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