Record ID No. |
4736 |
Author(s) |
Maik Bartelheimer, Christoph Schmid, Joana Storf, Katharina Hell, Sibylle Bauer , 2015 |
Affiliation |
Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany, Email: maik.bartelheimer@biologie.uni-regensburg.de |
Title |
Interspecific Competition in Arabidopsis thaliana: A Knowledge Gap Is Starting to Close |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Progress in Botany 76: 303-319p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Genetics |
Sub-subjects |
Inter-specific variation |
Host |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
Organism |
Mycorrhiza |
Country |
Germany, Western Europe |
Abstracts |
The model species Arabidopsis thaliana offers an interesting ecological background as a non-mycorrhizal annual species and it can be analysed by outstanding molecular tools. However, its interspecific interactions are scarcely analysed, especially its competitive effect, which is found to be strong despite the species’ small size. A. thaliana’s competitive response has received more attention during the last few years. Mechanisms were found to be multi-faceted and to involve resource competition for shifting limiting resources, impacts of environmental factors including environmental stress, perception of neighbours as well as responses to allelopathy and neighbour-associated mycorrhiza. Most mechanisms underlying A. thaliana interspecific interactions still require clarification and offer research perspectives both for plant molecular biology and plant ecology. |