Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 115-126.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230239

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Characteristics of endophyte’s community changes of Paeonia suffruticosa cv. Lu He Hong fine root in different plant ages

QIAO Hongyong1(), YUAN Tao1,*(), ZHAO Xinyong2, YANG Huiyan2   

  1. 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Caozhou Garden, Heze 274000, Shandong, China
  • Received:2023-02-28 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-02-18

Abstract:

By comparing and analyzing the endophyte’s community structure, functional characteristics and network relationship in fine roots of tree peony variety Lu He Hong in different plant ages, this study provided theoretical support for exploring the effect of plant age on endophytes in tree peony and enriching endophytes resources in tree peony. In this study, the samples of Lu He Hong fine roots (≤2 mm) aged 5 (ART1), 12 (ART2), 20 (ART3) and 30 years (ART4) were used to carry out relevant bioinformatics analysis based on 16S rDNA and ITS high-throughput sequencing technology. The results showed that 97% sequences of endophytic bacteria and endophytic fungi from Lu He Hong fine roots were clustered into 4 994 and 1 485 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), respectively, and the plant age did not affect the abundance and diversity of endophytic communities. Cyanobacteria/Chloroplast, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria were the dominant bacterial groups of Lu He Hong fine root endophytes. After more than 20 years of plant age, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes decreased significantly, while Acidobacteria gradually increased. Ascomycota was the dominant endophytic fungi in the fine roots of Lu He Hong, which reached 93.99%-96.14%. The fine root cellulose content, POD and CAT activity increased significantly with the increase of plant age, and significantly affected the community structure of endophytic bacteria. PICRUSt2 and FUNGuild results showed that the function of endophytic bacteria was mainly focused on metabolism with little change, and plant age mainly affected the ecological function of endophytic fungi. The pathotroph fungi increased significantly in Lu He Hong fine roots at plant age of more than 12 years, which was easy to be infected with diseases. MENA analysis showed that the increase of plant age aggravated the competition among endophytes and weakened their network connectivity. In conclusion, plant age causes different degrees of changes in the endophyte’s community of tree peony fine roots, and the harmful endophytes increase after 20 years of plant age, which is prone to disease. The results of this study can lay a theoretical foundation for the preventing diseases of elder tree peony.

Key words: Paeonia suffruticosa, endophyte, plant age, community structure, function prediction, molecular network

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