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MycoDB

MycoDB, a global database of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi

Plants form belowground associations with mycorrhizal fungi in one of the most common symbioses on Earth. However, few large-scale generalizations exist for the structure and function of mycorrhizal symbioses, as the nature of this relationship varies from mutualistic to parasitic and is largely contextdependent.

Abstract : "We announce the public release of MycoDB, a database of 4,010 studies (from 438 unique publications) to aid in multi-factor meta-analyses elucidating the ecological and evolutionary context in which mycorrhizal fungi alter plant productivity. Over 10 years with nearly 80 collaborators, we compiled data on the response of plant biomass to mycorrhizal fungal inoculation, including meta-analysis metrics and 24 additional explanatory variables that describe the biotic and abiotic context of each study. We also include phylogenetic trees for all plants and fungi in the database. To our knowledge, MycoDB is the largest ecological meta-analysis database. We aim to share these data to highlight significant gaps in mycorrhizal research and encourage synthesis to explore the ecological and evolutionary generalities that govern mycorrhizal functioning in ecosystems."

See also

Chaudhary, V. B. et al. MycoDB, a global database of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi. Sci. Data 3:160028 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.28 (2016).

Hoeksema, J. D. et al. A meta‐analysis of context‐dependency in plant response to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi. Ecol. Lett.13, 394–407 (2010).

Rua et al. Home-field advantage? evidence of local adaptation among plants, soil, and arbuscular mycorhizal fungi through meta-analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 122 (2016).

Modification date: 07 June 2023 | Publication date: 13 September 2016 | By: TULIP Communication