Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi predominate in grasslands, where they play a key role in enhancing plant water uptake and plant tolerance to drought. However, how plant defoliation, which is common to grazed and cut grasslands, modifies plant and AM fungi responses to drought remains unknown. Here, we examined how defoliation intensity modified plant and AM fungi responses to drought.

中文翻译：

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落叶改变了温带草原丛枝菌根真菌对干旱的响应

丛枝菌根（AM）真菌在草原中占主导地位，它们在增强植物水分吸收和植物耐旱性方面发挥着关键作用。然而，放牧和砍伐草地中常见的植物落叶如何改变植物和 AM 真菌对干旱的反应仍不清楚。在这里，我们研究了落叶强度如何改变植物和 AM 真菌对干旱的反应。