caa a22 4500 469098791 CHVBK 20180323133039.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01875449 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01875449 A field study using the fungicide benomyl to investigate the effect of mycorrhizal fungi on plant fitness [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Carey, Alastair Fitter, Andrew Watkinson] Summary: The effect of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) on the fecundity ofVulpia ciliata ssp.ambigua was investigated at two field sites in eastern England by applying the fungicide benomyl to reduce VAM infection. The application of benomyl at the two sites produced very different results. At one site the application of the fungicide reduced the fecundity of plants whereas at the other fecundity was increased. At the first site the reduction in fecundity was linked to a significant reduction in VAM infection on the sprayed plants. The mechanism of the benefit associated with the VAM infection is however unclear: there was no treatment effect on morphology or on phosphorus inflow. At the second site, where fecundity was increased, there was only a negligible amount of VAM infection amongst the unsprayed plants and it is suggested that the increase in fecundity with the application of benomyl may have resulted from a reduction in infection by other, presumably pathogenic, fungi. The value of VAM fungi to the host plant may therefore not be restricted to physiological benefits. They may also provide protection to the plant by competing for space with other species of pathogenic fungi. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Mycorrhiza nationallicence VAM nationallicence Pathogenic fungi nationallicence Benomyl nationallicence Vulpia ciliata nationallicence Carey Peter School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK aut Fitter Alastair Department of Biology, University of York, YO1 5DD, York, UK aut Watkinson Andrew School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK aut Oecologia Springer-Verlag 90/4(1992-07-01), 550-555 0029-8549 90:4<550 1992 90 442 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875449 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875449 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carey Peter School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fitter Alastair Department of Biology, University of York, YO1 5DD, York, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Watkinson Andrew School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oecologia Springer-Verlag 90/4(1992-07-01), 550-555 0029-8549 90:4<550 1992 90 442 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer