ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS IN PLANTS COLONIZING COAL WASTES IN SCOTLAND

Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Producing and Applying Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculum

Arbuscular Mycorrhizas Reduce Nitrogen Loss via Leaching

The capacity of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal root systems to reduce nitrate (NO₃⁻) and ammonium (NH₄⁺) loss from soils via leaching was investigated in a microcosm-based study. A mycorrhiza defective tomato mutant and its mycorrhizal wildtype progenitor were used in this experiment in order to avoid the indirect effects of establishing non-mycorrhizal control treatments on soil nitrogen cycl...

Update on Symbiosis Carbon Metabolism and Transport in Arbuscular Mycorrhizas

Colonization of the land by plants some 400 million years ago was associated with the colonization of their primitive roots by soil-borne filamentous fungi (Nicolson, 1975; Simon et al., 1993; Taylor et al., 1995). Today, 90% to 95% of land plants still maintain some type of mycorrhizal association so that “mycorrhizas, not roots, are the chief organs of nutrient uptake by land plants” (Smith a...

Edaphic optimum niche for some pioneer rangeland plants in coal mine wastes in Karmozd mines, Mazandaran province, Iran

Background and objectives: Mineral exploration is an important factor in rangeland ecosystem degradation in Iran. The first priority in mine site restoration is to use native plants as they can resist the stress caused by heavy metals and nutrients deficiency and also the harsh environmental situation. Vegetation restoration in polluted mining area depends on how plants can respond to phisycal ...

Inoculation effects on root-colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities spread beyond directly inoculated plants

Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) may improve plant performance at disturbed sites, but inoculation may also suppress root colonization by native AMF and decrease the diversity of the root-colonizing AMF community. This has been shown for the roots of directly inoculated plants, but little is known about the stability of inoculation effects, and to which degree the inoculant a...