TreeGrow - Data from: Morphology, bud burst and root fungal communities of Norway spruces (Picea abies)

Our study delved into the relationship between root-associated fungi, gene expression and plant morphology in Norway spruce cuttings derived from both slow-and fast-growing trees. We found no clear link between the gene expression patterns of adventitious roots and the growth phenotype, suggesting no fundamental differences in the receptiveness to fungal symbionts between the phenotypes. Interestingly, saplings from slow-growing parental trees exhibited a higher richness of ectomycorrhizal species and larger roots. Some ectomycorrhizal species, typically found on mature spruces, were more prevalent on saplings from slow-growing spruces. The ericoid mycorrhizal fungus, Hyaloscypha hepaticola, showed a stronger association with saplings from fast-growing spruces. Moreover, saplings from slow-growing spruces had a greater number of Ascomycete taxa and free-living saprotrophic fungi. Aboveground sapling stems displayed some phenotypic variation; saplings from fast-growing phenotypes had lon..., , , # TreeGrow - dataset on the morphology, bud burst and root fungal communities of Norway spruces (Picea abies)

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7pvmcvf13](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7pvmcvf13)

This data set includes information on the morphology, bud burst and root fungal communities of Norway spruces (Picea abies).

## Description of the data and file structure

Files include data on the morphology, bud burst and root fungal communities of Norway spruces (Picea abies).
Operational taxonomic unit (OTU) data includes information on fungal species or their higher taxonimic units.
Each data file has a separate worksheet describing each variable in the data. n/a indicates cells where numeric
values were not applicable.

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\|- Data/
\| |- Year 2011/
\| | |- TreeGrow_Large_OTU_data_2011.xlsx
\| | |- TreeGrow_Morphology_and_small_OTU_data_2011.xlsx
\| | |- TreeGrow_Root_tip_density_2011.xlsx
\| |- Year 2015/
\| | |- TreeGrow_Bud_burst.xlsx
\| | |- TreeGrow_Large_OTU_data_2...