Assessing the importance of native mycorrhizal fungi to improve tree establishment after wildfires

Atala, Cristian; Reyes, Sebastián A.; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.

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dc.contributor.author	Atala, Cristian
dc.contributor.author	Reyes, Sebastián A.
dc.contributor.author	Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-16T15:00:50Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-16T15:00:50Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/4792
dc.description.abstract	The Chilean matorral is a heavily threatened Mediterranean-type ecosystem due to humanrelated activities such as anthropogenic fires. Mycorrhizal fungi may be the key microorganisms to help plants cope with environmental stress and improve the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, the application of mycorrhizal fungi in the restoration of the Chilean matorral is limited because of insufficient local information. Consequently, we assessed the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation on the survival and photosynthesis at set intervals for two years after a fire event in four native woody plant species, namely: Peumus boldus, Quillaja saponaria, Cryptocarya alba, and Kageneckia oblonga, all dominant species of the matorral. Additionally, we assessed the enzymatic activity of three enzymes and macronutrient in the soil in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants. The results showed that mycorrhizal inoculation increased survival in all studied species after a fire and increased photosynthesis in all, but not in P. boldus. Additionally, the soil associated with mycorrhizal plants had higher enzymatic activity and macronutrient levels in all species except in Q. saponaria, in which there was no significant mycorrhization effect. The results suggest that mycorrhizal fungi could increase the fitness of plants used in restoration initiatives after severe disturbances such as fires and, consequently, should be considered for restoration programs of native species in threatened Mediterranean ecosystems.	es_CL
dc.language.iso	en	es_CL
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/	*
dc.source	Journal of Fungi, 9(4), 421	es_CL
dc.subject	Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	es_CL
dc.subject	Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs)	es_CL
dc.subject	Sclerophyllous forest	es_CL
dc.subject	Restoration	es_CL
dc.subject	Wildfires	es_CL
dc.title	Assessing the importance of native mycorrhizal fungi to improve tree establishment after wildfires	es_CL
dc.type	Article	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Scopus	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Isi	es_CL
dc.ucm.uri	mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/4/421	es_CL
dc.ucm.doi	doi.org/10.3390/jof9040421	es_CL