Soil-borne fungi influence seed germination and mortality, with implications for coexistence of desert winter annual plants.

Soil-borne fungi influence coexistence of plant species in mesic environments, but much less is known about their effects on demographic processes relevant to coexistence in arid and semi-arid systems. We isolated 43 fungal strains that naturally colonize seeds of an invasive winter annual (Brassica...

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Main Authors: Yue M Li, Justin P Shaffer, Brenna Hall, Hongseok Ko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224417