The Absence of Soil-dwelling Microflora will Decrease the Fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in Presence of Opportunistic Fungus such as Penicillium spp.
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Authors
Gjemnica, Arijeta
Durrell, James S.
Shen, Kuangyu
Martin, Katelyn
Issue Date
2016-04-01
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Arabidopsis thaliana , Fungi , Microflora , Penicillium
Alternative Title
Abstract
To support this claim, A. thaliana strain Col-0, was grown in either autoclaved or non-autoclaved soil and in the presence or absence of Penicillium spp. The Penicillium spp. was utilized into a cultural suspension and sprayed at the base of stems of treatments 1 and 3. The culture suspension proved relatively ineffective for the infection of healthy mature plants. However, the suspension did have a minimal effect on young still-developing plants. Autoclaved treatment had a higher mortality rate on juvenile plants than non-autoclaved treatment when suspension was applied. Illustrating that young vascular plants are more susceptible to fungal infection than mature plants.