Imagine you are a volunteer working in a protected forest that is experiencing a

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Imagine you are a volunteer working in a protected forest that is experiencing a major outbreak of A. ostoyae. During a meeting to discuss the issue, one of the rangers suggests spraying the roots of all the trees in the forest with fungicide, which will kill many types of fungi as well as A. ostoyae. Given what you know about fungal interactions with plants, do you agree with this suggestion? Why or why not? No, because the fungicide might kill the natural symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi in the root systems of the trees as well. No, because killing the fungus might allow the population of lichens to grow and infect the trees instead. Yes, because spraying the trees is cheaper and faster than going around digging up all of the dead stumps. Yes, because simply removing the stumps might not remove a of the A. ostoyae mycelia from the soil.

Explanation / Answer

In natural biodiversity or protected forest area many fungal species are found which are beneficail to other plants and microbes. Besides this many naturally found fungal species are work as symbiotic manner to benefit each other (example microbes helps in nitrogen fixation in legume plant)

As per ranger suggestion, if you spray fungicide there are possibilities that fungicide kill all other beneficial microbes too.

Therefore,

First answer is correct.

No, because the fungicide might kill the natiural symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi in the root system of the trees as well.

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