Sex-specific patterns of antagonistic and mutualistic biotic interactions in dioecious and gynodioecious plants

R Vega-Frutis, MA Munguía-Rosas, S Varga… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2013 - Elsevier
A major transition in flowering plants has been the evolution of separate sexes from
hermaphroditism via gynodioecy which is considered to be the most important route. Biotic …

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizas on reproductive traits in sexually dimorphic plants: a review

S Varga - Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2010 - sjar.revistas.csic.es
Most plant species grow in association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in their roots
forming arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. The positive effects of this type of symbiosis …

Gender dimorphism and mycorrhizal symbiosis affect floral visitors and reproductive output in Geranium sylvaticum

S Varga, MM Kytöviita - Functional ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis has been shown to enhance some plant traits to
which pollinators are known to respond. Moreover, in gynodioecious species pollinators …

Transgenerational effects of plant sex and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

S Varga, R Vega‐Frutis, MM Kytöviita - New Phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In gynodioecious plants, females are predicted to produce more and/or better offspring than
hermaphrodites in order to be maintained in the same population. In the field, the roots of …

Hydrolyzable Tannins, Flavonol Glycosides, and Phenolic Acids Show Seasonal and Ontogenic Variation in Geranium sylvaticum

A Tuominen, JP Salminen - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The seasonal variation of polyphenols in the aboveground organs and roots of Geranium
sylvaticum in four populations was studied using UPLC-DAD-ESI-QqQ-MS/MS. The content …

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and maternal plant sex on seed germination and early plant establishment

S Varga - American journal of botany, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi usually enhance overall plant
performance, yet their effects on seed germination and early plant establishment, crucial …

Sex‐specific responses to mycorrhiza in a dioecious species

S Varga, MM KytövIIta - American Journal of Botany, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In most studies about dioecious plants, the role of arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) and the
potential sex‐specific differences between the plant hosts have been overlooked. Because …

Mycorrhizal benefit differs among the sexes in a gynodioecious species

S Varga, MM Kytöviita - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Both plant sex and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis influence resource acquisition
and allocation in plants, but the interaction between these two components is not well …

Mycorrhizal colonization does not affect tolerance to defoliation of an annual herb in different light availability and soil fertility treatments but increases flower size in …

A Aguilar-Chama, R Guevara - Oecologia, 2012 - Springer
Heterogeneous distribution of resources in most plant populations results in a mosaic of
plant physiological responses tending to maximize plant fitness. This includes plant …

Beneficial soil microbiota as mediators of the plant defensive phenotype and aboveground plant-herbivore interactions

M Schädler, DJ Ballhorn - Progress in Botany Vol. 78, 2017 - Springer
The symbiosis with beneficial soil microbiota importantly affects plant physiology, growth
and community structure. These effects are known to translate into changes of aboveground …