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The present study is aimed at disclosing metabolic profile alterations in the leaves of the Medicago lupulina MlS-1 line that result from high-efficiency arbuscular mycorrhiza (АМ) symbiosis formed with Rhizophagus irregularis under condition of a low phosphorus level in the substrate. A highly effective AM symbiosis was established in the period from the stooling to the shoot branching initiation stage (the efficiency in stem height exceeded 200%). Mycorrhization led to a more intensive accumulation of phosphates (glycerophosphoglycerol and inorganic phosphate) in M. lupulina leaves. Metabolic spectra were detected with GS-MS analysis. The application of complex mathematical analyses made it possible to identify the clustering of various groups of 320 metabolites and thus demonstrate the central importance of the carbohydrate and carboxylate-amino acid clusters. The results obtained indicate a delay in the metabolic development of mycorrhized plants. Thus, AM not only accelerates the transition between plant developmental stages but delays biochemical “maturation” mainly in the form of a lag of sugar accumulation in comparison with non-mycorrhized plants. Several methods of statistical modeling proved that, at least with respect to determining the metabolic status of host-plant leaves, stages of phenological development have priority over calendar age.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2506
Number of pages37
JournalPlants
Volume10
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2021

    Research areas

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Leaf, Medicago lupulina, Metabolic profile, Physiological stage, Plant development, Rhizophagus irregularis, Symbiotic efficiency, ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL, ROOT, physiological stage, leaf, PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER, plant development, LOW PHOSPHORUS, symbiotic efficiency, CHLAMYDOMONAS-REINHARDTII, TRUNCATULA, FUNGUS RHIZOPHAGUS-IRREGULARIS, metabolic profile, BLACK MEDICK, GROWTH, GENE-EXPRESSION, arbuscular mycorrhiza

    Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology

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