@article{fdi:010081483,
  title = {{D}oes rice breeding affect the ability of plants to interact with earthworms in nutrient-depleted {F}erralsols ?},
  author = {{R}atsiatosika, {O}. and {B}lanchart, {E}ric and {R}azafimbelo, {T}. and {R}azafindrakoto, {M}ireille and vom {B}rocke, {K}. and {C}ao-{H}amadou, {T}. {V}. and {A}ndriamarosata, {J}. {M}. {R}. and {R}amanantsoanirina, {A}. and {T}rap, {J}ean},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}groecology is based on the optimization of ecological processes occurring in agrosystems, especially by improving beneficial interactions among organisms. {R}ecent studies have provided evidence that the ability of plants to interact with free-living soil organisms can be influenced by plant breeding. {T}he upland rice breeding programme in the {H}ighlands of {M}adagascar aims to develop cultivars that are adapted to local climatic, soil fertility and pest constraints. {H}owever, it is still unknown whether this genetic improvement alters rice cultivar abilities to interact with free-living soil plant-mutualistic organisms such as earthworms. {W}e assessed in mesocosms the response of six upland rice cultivars commonly used by farmers in the {H}ighlands of {M}adagascar to the presence of the endogeic earthworm {P}ontoscolex corethrurus. {P}lant nutrition and growth-related traits were measured after eight weeks of growth. {T}hese traits were significantly improved in the presence of {P}. corethrurus for all cultivars compared to the control treatment. {H}owever, the magnitudes of earthworm effects on plant traits were strongly variable and were dependent on specific rice cultivars. {A}gronomic and phylogenetic distance matrices were computed using agronomic data and available phylogenetic data of the rice cultivars. {W}e did not detect significant correlations between cultivar responses to earthworm inoculation and agronomic or phylogenetic distances. {O}ur results suggest that (i) the ability of rice to exploit beneficial interactions involving freeliving soil organisms is influenced by its genetic background, but (ii) the loss of earthworm-interactive abilities of rice crops is independent of the genetic distance among cultivars and breeders? agronomic criteria. {O}ur findings are significant for attempts to use rice cultivars that optimize plant-soil interactions within agroecological practices and highlight the need to integrate free-living soil partners as life-long plant partners in future strategies for plant breeding.},
  keywords = {{A}groecology ; {P}lant-mutualistic free-living organisms ; {P}lant-soil interactions ; {B}reeding programme ; {MADAGASCAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied {S}oil {E}cology},
  volume = {163},
  numero = {},
  pages = {103958 [8 ]},
  ISSN = {0929-1393},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103958},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081483},
}