Physiological response and phytoremediation potential of dioecious inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to Pb and Zn pollution.

Plant-microorganism combined remediation of heavy metal pollution has been reported, but little attention has been paid to the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on phytoremediation of dioecious plants under heavy metal pollution. In this study, the growth, physiological responses and phytoremediation traits of were determined to evaluate whether sex-specific ecophysiological responses and phytoremediation capacities of females and males are affected by additional AM fungi () under heavy metal treatments. The results showed that excess Pb and Zn stresses inhibited photosynthetic capacities of both sexes.

Sex-specific competition differently regulates the response of the rhizosphere fungal community of A dioecious plant, under Mn stress.

In this study, we investigated the soil physicochemical parameters and responses of rhizospheric fungal communities of to Mn stress under different sexual competition patterns. The results showed that competition significantly affects soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activity, and rhizosphere-associated fungal community structures. Under Mn stress, soils with intersexual competition had higher levels of N supply than those with the intrasexual competition.