02142naa a2200277 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400360006010000260009624501180012226000090024050005550024952007600080465300400156465300140160465300240161865300150164265300180165765300300167565300210170570000160172670000200174270000170176270000160177977300690179510650352025-02-03       2024    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1007/s11104-024-07173-w2DOI1 aGARCÍA-PARISI, P. A.  aEmergent benefits of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in multisymbiotic grass-legume mixtures.h[electronic resource]  c2024  aArticle history: Received 20 August 2024, Accepted 18 December 2024, Published online 31 December 2024. -- Responsible Editor: Tatsuhiro Ezawa. -- Corresponding author: P. A. García-Parisi, e-mail: pgarcia@agro.uba.ar -- Funding: PAGP was supported by a short-term grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, number 57314022). The study was supported by University of Buenos Aires, grants from ANPCyT (2020-PICT 1559, PICT 2019-3065) and an international project cooperation from MINCyT (AL-1205, Argentina)- BMBF (01DN13006, Germany). --  aABSTRACT.- The ability of plant microbial symbionts to enhance hosts ' fitness depends on the abiotic and biotic context, including the presence of co-existing symbionts. We studied how the presence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) affects the performance of a host grass associated or not with fungal asexual endophytes, growing either alone or in interaction with a legume hosting nitrogen-fixing bacteria. We hypothesized that the presence of legume-rhizobia symbiosis enables endophytes and AMF to promote host grass growth and nutrition, as well as host and symbionts fitness through nitrogen acquisition-mediated effects even when their primary benefits (herbivore protection and phosphorous provision) are not required. © 2025 Springer Nature  aÁREA DE PASTURAS Y FORRAJES - INIA  aEndophyte  aEpichloë endophyte  aN transfer  aPlant fitness  aPlant-microbial symbiosis  aSymbiont fitness1 aDRUILLE, M.1 aGRIMOLDI, A. A.1 aLATTANZI, F.1 aOMACINI, M.  tPlant and Soil, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-07173-w