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Symbiotic Fungi: Principles and Practice (Soil Biology)

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392 A. Sirrenberg et al.<br />

24.5.2 Truffles<br />

Truffles are symbiotic fungi forming ectomycorrhizae with trees (e.g., oaks, hazels)<br />

<strong>and</strong> some shrubs (e.g., Cistus). Production of IAA by ectomycorrhizal fungi is wellknown,<br />

<strong>and</strong> IAA, probably with other signal molecules, might drive the ectomycorrhiza<br />

genesis (Barker <strong>and</strong> Tagu 2000). Using the bioassay described in Fig. 24.3a,<br />

we demonstrated that the exudates of two truffle species (Tuber borchii <strong>and</strong><br />

T. melanosporum) modify the root architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana (i.e., root<br />

shortening, increased branching <strong>and</strong> root hair length: see Figs. 24.3b1–b3). IAA<br />

was quantified by HPLC-MS directly from the MS agar zone of the bioassay<br />

(Fig. 24.3a). The mycelium of T. borchii (strain ATCC 96540) produced 1.3<br />

0.3 *10 7 M IAA after 10 days of growth in the dark (about ten times more<br />

than was found in control Petri dishes containing no fungus). After establishing a<br />

dose response of A. thaliana root length to synthetic IAA, we concluded that the<br />

IAA exudated by T. borchii fully accounts for the root shortening of A. thaliana<br />

seedlings (Fig. 24.3c).<br />

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