Data from: Low host specificity among arctic root-assosiated fungi ...

• Main Authors: Botnen, Synnøve, Vik, Unni, Carlsen, Tor, Eidesen, Pernille B., Davey, Marie L., Kauserud, Håvard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2014
• Subjects: Bistorta vivipara; Host specificity; Salix polaris; Dryas octopetala; Arctic; Svalbard; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.45pv2; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.45pv2

In High Arctic ecosystems, plant growth and reproduction are limited by low soil moisture and nutrient availability, low soil and air temperatures, and a short growing season. Mycorrhizal associations facilitate plant nutrient acquisition and water uptake and may therefore be particularly ecologically important in nutrition-poor and dry environments, such as parts of the Arctic. Similarly, endophytic root associates are thought to play a protective role, increasing plants' stress tolerance, and likely have an important ecosystem function. Despite the importance of these root-associated fungi, little is known about their host specificity in the Arctic. We investigated the host specificity of root-associated fungi in the common, widely distributed arctic plant species Bistorta vivipara, Salix polaris and Dryas octopetala in the High Arctic archipelago Svalbard. High-throughput sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) amplified from whole root systems generated no evidence of host specificity and ... : L1.sff.SFF file for lane one run on the 454 platform. A mapping file is addedSBFY1.734.sffL2.sffSBFY2.735.sffL3.sffSBFY3.736.sffL4.sffSBFY4.737.sffAccum&estR script for accumulation curves and species diversity estimatesGNMDSandDCAR scripts for DCA and GNMDS ordinationsotu_table_hellingerOTU table used in analyses. ...