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ÁLVARO LÓPEZ GARCÍA / PhD

Dr. Álvaro López García / Postdoctoral Researcher
Universidad de Jaén
Dept. Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology
Building B3, Campus Las Lagunillas. 23071 Jaén, Spain
www.alvarolopezgarcia.es

36 > De la Sota-Ricaldi, A. M., Rengifo-Del Aguila, S., Blas Sevillano, R., López‐García, Á., Corazon-Guivin, M. A. 2023. Beta diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities increases in time after crop establishment of Peruvian sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). Journal of Fungi 9: 194. Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9020194

35 > Prieto-Rubio, J., Perea, A. J., Garrido, J. L., Alcántara, J. M., Azcón-Aguilar, C., López‐García, Á., Rincón, A. 2023. Plant traits and phylogeny predict soil carbon and nutrient cycling in Mediterranean mixed forests. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00815-z

34 > Verdú, M., Garrido, J. L., Alcántara, J. M., Montesinos-Navarro, A., Aguilar, S., … López-García, Á., … Zamora, R. 2023. RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. Ecology 104: e3923. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3923

33 > Pajares-Murgó, M., Garrido, J. L., Perea, A. J., López-García, Á., Alcántara, J. M. (2023). Biotic filters driving the differentiation of decomposer, epiphytic and pathogenic phyllosphere fungi across plant species. Oikos, 1–14. Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09624

32 > Prieto-Rubio, J., Garrido, J. L., Pérez-Izquierdo, L., Alcántara, J. M., Azcón-Aguilar, C., López‐García, Á., Rincón, A. 2022. Scale dependency of ectomycorrhizal fungal community assembly processes in Mediterranean mixed forests. Mycorrhiza 32: 315–325. Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-022-01083-4

31 > Smulders, L., Ferrero, V., de la Peña, E., Pozo, M. J., Díaz-Pendón, J. A., Benítez, E., López-García, Á. 2022. Resistance and not plant fruit traits determine root-associated bacterial community composition along a domestication gradient in tomato. Plants 11: 43. Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11010043

30 > Arenas, F., López-García, Á., Berná, L. M., Morte, A., Navarro-Ródenas, A. 2022. Desert truffle mycorrhizosphere harbors organic acid releasing plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria, essentially during the truffle fruiting season. Mycorrhiza 32: 193–202. Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-021-01067-w

29 > Pereira, C. M. R., López-García, Á., Maia, L. C., Frøslev, T. G., Kjøller, R., Rosendahl, S. 2022. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities of pristine rainforests and adjacent sugarcane fields recruit from different species pools. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 167: 108585. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SOILBIO.2022.108585

28 > Rengifo-Del Aguila, S., De la Sota-Ricaldi, A. M., Corazon-Guivin, M. A., López-García, Á. 2022. Phylogenetic diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities increases with crop age in Coffea arabica plantations. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 22: 3291–3303. Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-022-00887-9

27 > de Souza Campos, P. M., Meier, S., Morales, A., Lavanderos, L., Nahuelcura, J., Ruiz, A., López-García, Á., Seguel, A. 2022. New insights into the phosphorus acquisition capacity of Chilean lowland quinoa roots grown under low phosphorus availability. Plants 11: 3043. Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223043

26 > Alguacil, M. M., Schlaeppi, K., López-García, Á., van der Heijden, M. G. A., Querejeta, J. I. 2022. Contrasting responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal families to simulated climate warming and drying in a semiarid shrubland. Microbial Ecology 84: 941–944. Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01886-6

25 > Madejón, P., Navarro-Fernández, C. M., Madejón, E., López-García, Á., Marañón, T. 2021. Plant response to mycorrhizal inoculation and amendments on a contaminated soil. Science of The Total Environment 789: 147943. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147943

24 > Querejeta, J. I., Schlaeppi, K., López‐García, Á., Ondoño, S., Prieto, I., van der Heijden, M. G. A., Alguacil, M. del M. 2021. Lower relative abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi under a warmer and drier climate is linked to enhanced soil organic matter decomposition. New Phytologist 232: 1399–1413. Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17661

23 > Smulders, L., Benítez, E., Moreno, B., López-García, Á., Pozo, J., Ferrero, V., … Alcalá, R. (2021). Tomato domestication affects potential functional molecular pathways of root-associated soil bacteria. Plants, 10, 1942. Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091942

22 > M. Gil-Martínez, A. López-García, M.T. Domínguez, R. Kjøller, C.M. Navarro-Fernández, S. Rosendahl, T. Marañón. 2021. Soil fungal diversity and functionality are driven by plant species used in phytoremediation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 153: 108102. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071720303989

21 > P. Campos, F. Borie, P. Cornejo, S. Meier, J. A. López-Ráez, A. López-García, A. Seguel. 2021. Wheat root trait plasticity, nutrient acquisition and growth responses are dependent on specific arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and plant genotype interactions. Journal of Plant Physiology 256: 153297. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176161720301875

20 > A. López-García, J.A. Jurado, J. Bota, J. Cifre, E. Baraza. 2020.  Space and Vine Cultivar Interact to Determine the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community Composition. Journal of Fungi 6: 317. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/6/4/317

19 > J. Kattge, G. Bönisch, S. Díaz, …, A. López-García, …, C. Wirth. 2020. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119-188. Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14904

18 > A. López-García. 2020. Analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism, TRFLP. In: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Methods and Protocols (N. Ferrol, L. Lanfranco Eds.). Springer. Link: https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-0603-2_10.

17 > Camila M.R. Pereira, Álvaro López-García, Tobías F. Guldberg, Rasmus Kjøller, Søren Rosendahl. 2020. Tropical forest type influences community assembly processes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Journal of Biogeography 47: 434-444. Link:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13739

16 > M. Vašutová, P. Mleczko, A. López-García, I. Maček, G. Boros, J. Ševčík, S. Fujii, D. Hackenberger, I. H. Tuf, E. Hornung, B. Páll-Gergely, R. Kjøller. 2019. Taxi drivers: the role of animals in transporting mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 29: 413–434. Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00572-019-00906-1

15 > R.J.P. Jespersen, J.L. Johansen, C.M.R. Pereira, H. H. Bruun, S. Rosendahl, R. Kjøller, A. López-García. 2019. Mycorrhizal and leaf community traits are driven by plant primary succession. Fungal Ecology 40: 4-11. <Link>

14 > Gil-Martínez*, A. López-García*, M.T. Domínguez, C.M. Navarro-Fernández, R. Kjøller, M. Tibbett, T. Marañón. 2018. Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and their functional traits mediate plant-soil interactions in trace element contaminated soils. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 9: 1682. <Link> *Authors contributed equally.

13 > P.M. De Souza Campos, F. Borie, P. Cornejo, J.A. López-Ráez, A. López-García, A. Seguel. 2018. Phosphorus acquisition efficiency related to root traits: Is mycorrhizal symbiosis a key factor to wheat and barley cropping? Frontiers in Plant Science 9:752. <Link>

12 > A. López-García, M. Gil-Martínez, C. M. Navarro-Fernández, R. Kjoller, C. Azcón-Aguilar, M. T. Domínguez, T. Marañón. 2018. Functional diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities is reduced by trace element contamination. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 121: 202-211. <Link>

11 > A. López-García, S. Varela-Cervero, M. Vasar, M. Öpik, J.M. Barea, C. Azcón-Aguilar. 2017. Plant traits determine the phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, Molecular Ecology 26: 6948–6959. <Link>  

10 > M.M. Montiel-Rozas, A. López-García, P. Madejón, E. Madejón. 2017. Native soil organic matter as a decisive factor to determine the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in contaminated soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 53: 327-338. <Link>

9 > C. Cruz-Paredes, A. López-García, P. Sørensen, G.H. Rubæk, H. Wallander, R. Kjøller. 2017. Effect of ash application on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization and phosphorus uptake of spring barley. Science of Total Environment 575: 1168-1176. <Link>

8 > A. López-García, S. Horn, M.C. Rillig, S. Hempel. 2016. Spatial and niche-based ecological processes drive the distribution of endophytic Sebacinales in soil and root of grassland communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology92: fiw079. <Link>

7 > M.M. Montiel-Rozas, A. López-García, R. Kjøller, E. Madejón, S. Rosendahl. 2016. Organic amendments reduces environmental filtering on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities of heavy metal polluted soils. Mycorrhiza 26: 575-585. <Link>

6 > S. Varela-Cervero, A. López-García, J.M. Barea, C.Azcón-Aguilar. 2016. Spring to autumn changes in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition in the different propagule types associated to a Mediterranean shrubland. Plant and Soil 408: 107–120. <Link>

5 > S. Varela-Cervero, A. López-García, J.M. Barea, C. Azcón-Aguilar. 2016. Differences in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities promoted by different propagule forms from a Mediterranean shrubland. Mycorrhiza 26: 489–496. <Link>

4 > A. López-García, C. Azcón-Aguilar, J.M. Barea. 2014a. The interactions between plant life form and fungal traits of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi determine the symbiotic community. Oecologia 176: 1075-1086. <Link>

3 > A. López-García, J. Palenzuela, J.M. Barea, C. Azcón-Aguilar. 2014b. Life-history strategies of   arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi determine succession into roots of Rosmarinus officinalis L., a characteristic woody perennial plant species from Mediterranean ecosystems. Plant and Soil 379:   247-260. <Link>

2 > A. López-García, S. Hempel, J.D. Miranda, M.C. Rillig, J.M. Barea, C. Azcón-Aguilar. 2013. The influence of environmental degradation processes on the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community associated with yew (Taxus baccata L.), an endangered tree species from Mediterranean ecosystems of Southeast Spain. Plant and Soil 370: 355-366. <Link>

1 > J.M. Barea, J. Palenzuela, P. Cornejo, I. Sánchez-Castro, C. Navarro-Fernández, A. Lopéz-García, B. Estrada, R. Azcón, N. Ferrol, C. Azcón-Aguilar. 2011. Ecological and functional roles of mycorrhizas in semi-arid ecosystems of Southeast Spain. Journal of Arid Environments 75: 1292-  1301. <Link>

Dr. Álvaro López García / Postdoctoral Researcher
Mycorrhizal lab, Dept. of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems
Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC
c/ Profesor Albareda, 1 – 18008 Granada, Spain
www.alvarolopezgarcia.es

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