THE ROLE OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAE IN REVEGETATION PRACTICES IN THE SEMI‐ARID WEST. II. A BIOASSAY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF LAND DISTURBANCE ON ENDOMYCORRHIZAL POPULATIONS
作者:
Thomas Moorman,
F. Brent Reeves,
期刊:
American Journal of Botany
(WILEY Available online 1979)
卷期:
Volume 66,
issue 1
页码: 14-18
ISSN:0002-9122
年代: 1979
DOI:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1979.tb06187.x
出版商: Wiley
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Populations of the endomycorrhizal fungusGlomus fasciculatuswere significantly reduced following land disturbance in western Colorado soil. A bioassay was developed to measure changes in the endomycorrhizal population. In the bioassay, inoculum levels were measured by comparing the percentage infection in corn (Zea mays) root systems thirty days after planting in undisturbed or disturbed soils. The percentage infection was 2% in the disturbed soil compared to 77% in the adjacent undisturbed soil.Glomus fasciculatuswas identified as the endophyte in both soils. Considering the importance and function of endomycorrhizal fungi to their plant hosts the reduction of active inoculum in the disturbed soil may be an important ecological factor in subsequent succession.
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