Abstract
Abstract Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica is an important afforestation species in northern China. However, P. sylvestris plantations have severely declined in most areas where they have been introduced. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are closely related to host plant growth and have important roles in the forest ecosystem, especially in Pinus forests. Hence, EMF may additionally furnish perception toward decline of P. sylvestris plantations. To date, the community composition of EMF associated with P. sylvestris stay vague. Therefore, to characterize the ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungal community, soil-root samples were analyzed from P. sylvestris plantations with three stand ages in the Horqin Sandy Land. (1) EMF associated with P. sylvestris plantations belonged to 2 phyla, 4 classes, 10 orders, 14 families, and 17 genera in the Horqin Sandy Land. The dominant fungal genus was Wilcoxina. (2) The diversity and community composition of EMF differed with stand age (P
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