A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem

Despite the abundance of observations of foliar pathogens, our knowledge is severely lacking regarding how the potential fungal pathobiome is structured and which processes determine community assembly. In this study, we addressed these questions by analysing the potential fungal pathobiome associat...

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Main Authors: Benjawan Tanunchai, Li Ji, Simon Andreas Schroeter, Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Panadda Larpkern, Ann-Sophie Lehnert, Eliane Gomes Alves, Gerd Gleixner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Matthias Noll, François Buscot, Witoon Purahong
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.968218/full
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author Benjawan Tanunchai
Benjawan Tanunchai
Li Ji
Li Ji
Simon Andreas Schroeter
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
Panadda Larpkern
Ann-Sophie Lehnert
Eliane Gomes Alves
Gerd Gleixner
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Matthias Noll
Matthias Noll
François Buscot
François Buscot
Witoon Purahong
author_facet Benjawan Tanunchai
Benjawan Tanunchai
Li Ji
Li Ji
Simon Andreas Schroeter
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
Panadda Larpkern
Ann-Sophie Lehnert
Eliane Gomes Alves
Gerd Gleixner
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Matthias Noll
Matthias Noll
François Buscot
François Buscot
Witoon Purahong
author_sort Benjawan Tanunchai
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description Despite the abundance of observations of foliar pathogens, our knowledge is severely lacking regarding how the potential fungal pathobiome is structured and which processes determine community assembly. In this study, we addressed these questions by analysing the potential fungal pathobiome associated with the senescing leaves and needles of 12 temperate tree species. We compared fungal plant pathogen load in the senescing leaves/needles and demonstrated that healthy-looking leaves/needles are inhabited by diverse and distinct fungal plant pathogens. We detected 400 fungal plant pathogenic ASVs belonging to 130 genera. The fungal plant pathogenic generalist, Mycosphaerella, was found to be the potential most significant contributor to foliar disease in seedlings. The analyses of assembly process and co-occurrence network showed that the fungal plant pathogenic communities in different tree types are mainly determined by stochastic processes. However, the homogenising dispersal highly contributes in broadleaf trees, whereas ecological drift plays an important role in coniferious trees. The deterministic assembly processes (dominated by variable selection) contributed more in broadleaf trees as compared to coniferous trees. We found that pH and P level significantly corresponded with fungal plant pathogenic community compositions in both tree types. Our study provides the first insight and mechanistic understanding into the community assembly, networks, and complete taxonomy of the foliar fungal pathobiome in senescing leaves and needles.
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spelling doaj.art-820a1b8f04694aacb66274f01e6a777b2022-12-22T03:29:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-11-011310.3389/fpls.2022.968218968218A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystemBenjawan Tanunchai0Benjawan Tanunchai1Li Ji2Li Ji3Simon Andreas Schroeter4Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan5Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan6Panadda Larpkern7Ann-Sophie Lehnert8Eliane Gomes Alves9Gerd Gleixner10Ernst-Detlef Schulze11Matthias Noll12Matthias Noll13François Buscot14François Buscot15Witoon Purahong16UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), GermanyBayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GermanyUFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), GermanySchool of Forestry, Central South of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, ChinaMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Processes Department, Jena, GermanyUFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), GermanyDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, EgyptBodhivijjalaya College, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, ThailandMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Processes Department, Jena, GermanyMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Processes Department, Jena, GermanyMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Processes Department, Jena, GermanyMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Processes Department, Jena, GermanyBayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GermanyInstitute for Bioanalysis, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, GermanyUFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), GermanyGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyUFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Soil Ecology, Halle (Saale), GermanyDespite the abundance of observations of foliar pathogens, our knowledge is severely lacking regarding how the potential fungal pathobiome is structured and which processes determine community assembly. In this study, we addressed these questions by analysing the potential fungal pathobiome associated with the senescing leaves and needles of 12 temperate tree species. We compared fungal plant pathogen load in the senescing leaves/needles and demonstrated that healthy-looking leaves/needles are inhabited by diverse and distinct fungal plant pathogens. We detected 400 fungal plant pathogenic ASVs belonging to 130 genera. The fungal plant pathogenic generalist, Mycosphaerella, was found to be the potential most significant contributor to foliar disease in seedlings. The analyses of assembly process and co-occurrence network showed that the fungal plant pathogenic communities in different tree types are mainly determined by stochastic processes. However, the homogenising dispersal highly contributes in broadleaf trees, whereas ecological drift plays an important role in coniferious trees. The deterministic assembly processes (dominated by variable selection) contributed more in broadleaf trees as compared to coniferous trees. We found that pH and P level significantly corresponded with fungal plant pathogenic community compositions in both tree types. Our study provides the first insight and mechanistic understanding into the community assembly, networks, and complete taxonomy of the foliar fungal pathobiome in senescing leaves and needles.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.968218/fullfoliar fungal pathogensnext generation sequencingdeterministic processesstochastic processeshomogenising dispersalecological drift
spellingShingle Benjawan Tanunchai
Benjawan Tanunchai
Li Ji
Li Ji
Simon Andreas Schroeter
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan
Panadda Larpkern
Ann-Sophie Lehnert
Eliane Gomes Alves
Gerd Gleixner
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Matthias Noll
Matthias Noll
François Buscot
François Buscot
Witoon Purahong
A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
Frontiers in Plant Science
foliar fungal pathogens
next generation sequencing
deterministic processes
stochastic processes
homogenising dispersal
ecological drift
title A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
title_full A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
title_fullStr A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
title_full_unstemmed A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
title_short A poisoned apple: First insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy-looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
title_sort poisoned apple first insights into community assembly and networks of the fungal pathobiome of healthy looking senescing leaves of temperate trees in mixed forest ecosystem
topic foliar fungal pathogens
next generation sequencing
deterministic processes
stochastic processes
homogenising dispersal
ecological drift
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.968218/full
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