ISSN:
1432-0789
Keywords:
Key words Arbuscular mycorrhizae
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Glomus mosseae
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Scutellospora fulgida
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Vigna luteola
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Isotopically exchangeable phosphate
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract The effect of the inoculation of Glomus mosseae and Scutellospora fulgida, singly or in mixed inocula, was tested on the growth and mycorrhizal characteristics of Vigna luteola. Soil depletion by mycorrhizal inoculation was determined as exchangeable 32PO4. Five treatments were performed: non-inoculated control (C); inoculated with a suspension of microorganisms free of mycorrhizae (M); inoculated with S. fulgida plus microorganisms (Sf+M); inoculated with G. mosseae plus microorganisms (Gm+M) and a treatment inoculated with both S. fulgida and G. mosseae plus microorganisms (Sf+Gm+M). G. mosseae was the most efficient fungus in promoting growth of V. luteola. This fungus produced higher shoot dry weight, P uptake in shoots (Pshoot) and Pshoot/arbuscules ratio than the S. fulgida inoculum, even though percent arbuscular-mycorrhizal (AM) colonization was similar for the two single AM-inoculated treatments. The highest value of isotopically exchangeable P was recorded for treatment M (P〈0.05). In comparison with M, Gm+M treatment reduced the different P pools more than Sf+M treatment. Cp values were reduced to half by Gm+M and Sf+M treatments and were minimum for the combined treatment. Pools A (exchangeable phosphate between 1 min and 1 day) and B (exchangeable phosphate between 1 day and 3 months) were reduced by Gm+M treatment in contrast to Sf+M, which left them unchanged. The depression of isotopically exchangeable P for all pools obtained for the Sf+Gm+M treatment suggested that specific characteristics of fungi caused differences in P absorption, which in addition was altered by the possible interactions among them, when multiple inocula were used in a soil low in native P.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003740050650
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