1
|
Nepote Valentin D, Voyron S, Soteras F, Iriarte HJ, Giovannini A, Lumini E, Lugo MA. Modeling geographic distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from molecular evidence in soils of Argentinean Puna using a maximum entropy approach. PeerJ 2023; 11:e14651. [PMID: 36650841 PMCID: PMC9840858 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The biogeographic region of Argentinean Puna mainly extends at elevations higher than 3,000 m within the Andean Plateau and hosts diverse ecological communities highly adapted to extreme aridity and low temperatures. Soils of Puna are typically poorly evolved and geomorphology is shaped by drainage networks, resulting in highly vegetated endorheic basins and hypersaline basins known as salar or salt flats. Local communities rely on soil fertility for agricultural practices and on pastures for livestock rearing. From this perspective, investigating the scarcely explored microbiological diversity of these soils as indicators of ecosystems functioning might help to predict the fragility of these harsh environments. In this study we collected soil samples from 28 points, following a nested design within three different macro-habitats, i.e., Puna grassland, hypersaline salar and family-run crop fields. Total fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) occurrence were analyzed using eDNA sequencing. In addition, the significance of soil salinity and organic matter content as significant predictors of AMF occurrence, was assessed through Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling. We also investigated whether intensive grazing by cattle and lama in Puna grasslands may reduce the presence of AMF in these highly disturbed soils, driving or not major ecological changes, but no consistent results were found, suggesting that more specific experiments and further investigations may address the question more specifically. Finally, to predict the suitability for AMF in the different macro-habitats, Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) was performed within an environmental coherent area comprising both the phytogeographic regions of Puna and Altoandino. We modeled AMF distribution with a maximum entropy approach, including bioclimatic and edaphic predictors and obtaining maps of environmental suitability for AMF within the predicted areas. To assess the impact of farming on AMF occurrence, we set a new series of models excluding the cultivated Chaupi Rodeo samples. Overall, SDM predicted a lower suitability for AMF in hypersaline salar areas, while grassland habitats and a wider temperature seasonality range appear to be factors significantly related to AMF enrichment, suggesting a main role of seasonal dynamics in shaping AMF communities. The highest abundance of AMF was observed in Vicia faba crop fields, while potato fields yielded a very low AMF occurrence. The models excluding the cultivated Chaupi Rodeo samples highlighted that if these cultivated areas had theoretically remained unmanaged habitats of Puna and Altoandino, then large-scale soil features and local bioclimatic constraints would likely support a lower suitability for AMF. Using SDM we evidenced the influence of bioclimatic, edaphic and anthropic predictors in shaping AMF occurrence and highlighted the relevance of considering human activities to accurately predict AMF distribution.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Samuele Voyron
- Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy,Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), National Research Council (CNR), Torino, Italy
| | - Florencia Soteras
- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva y Biología Floral, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), CONICET, FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
| | - Hebe Jorgelina Iriarte
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas (IMIBIO-CONICET-UNSL), San Luis, Argentina,Micología, Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas (MICODIF), Área Ecología, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), San Luis, Argentina
| | - Andrea Giovannini
- Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
| | - Erica Lumini
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), National Research Council (CNR), Torino, Italy
| | - Mónica A. Lugo
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas (IMIBIO-CONICET-UNSL), San Luis, Argentina,Micología, Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas (MICODIF), Área Ecología, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), San Luis, Argentina
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Ontivero RE, Voyron S, Allione LVR, Bianco P, Bianciotto V, Iriarte HJ, Lugo MA, Lumini E. Impact of land use history on the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in arid soils of Argentinean farming fields. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2020; 367:5869666. [PMID: 32648900 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnaa114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a key soil functional group, with an important potential to increase crop productivity and sustainable agriculture including food security. However, there is clear evidence that land uses, crop rotations and soil features affect the AMF diversity and their community functioning in many agroecosystems. So far, the information related to AMF biodiversity in ecosystems like the Argentinean Puna, an arid high plateau where plants experience high abiotic stresses, is still scarce. In this work, we investigated morphological and molecular AMF diversity in soils of native corn, bean and native potato Andean crops, under a familiar land use, in Chaupi Rodeo (Jujuy, Argentina), without agrochemical supplements but with different histories of crop rotation. Our results showed that AMF morphological diversity was not only high and variable among the three different crop soils but also complemented by Illumina MiSeq data. The multivariate analyses highlighted that total fungal diversity is significantly affected by the preceding crop plants and the rotation histories, more than from the present crop species, while AMF communities are significantly affected by preceding crop only in combination with the effect of nitrogen and calcium soil concentration. This knowledge will give useful information on appropriate familiar farming.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- R Emanuel Ontivero
- Grupo de Micología, Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas (MICODIF), Área Ecología, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Ejército de los Andes 950, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina.,Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas (IMIBIO)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), UNSL, Almirante Brown 907, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina
| | - Samuele Voyron
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-CNR) and Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin (DiBIOS), Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25, I-10125 Turin, Italy
| | - Lucía V Risio Allione
- Grupo de Micología, Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas (MICODIF), Área Ecología, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Ejército de los Andes 950, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina.,Laboratorio de Dasonomía, Facultad de Ingeniería en Cs. Agropecuarias (FICA), Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Ruta Provincial 55. D5730 Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina
| | - Paolo Bianco
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-CNR) and Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin (DiBIOS), Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25, I-10125 Turin, Italy
| | - Valeria Bianciotto
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-CNR) and Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin (DiBIOS), Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25, I-10125 Turin, Italy
| | - Hebe J Iriarte
- Grupo de Micología, Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas (MICODIF), Área Ecología, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Ejército de los Andes 950, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina.,Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas (IMIBIO)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), UNSL, Almirante Brown 907, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina
| | - Mónica A Lugo
- Grupo de Micología, Diversidad e Interacciones Fúngicas (MICODIF), Área Ecología, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Ejército de los Andes 950, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina.,Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Biológicas (IMIBIO)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), UNSL, Almirante Brown 907, D5700ANW San Luis, Argentina
| | - Erica Lumini
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-CNR) and Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin (DiBIOS), Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25, I-10125 Turin, Italy
| |
Collapse
|