Organic and mineral fertilization, respectively, increase and decrease the development of external mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a long-term field experiment

Effects of long-term mineral fertilization and manuring on the biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were studied in a field experiment. Mineral fertilization reduced the growth of AMF, as estimated using both measurements of hyphal length and the signature fatty acid 16:1omega5, whereas man...

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Published in:Mycorrhiza 2006-05, Vol.16 (3), p.159-166
Main Authors: Gryndler, M, Larsen, J, Hrselova, H, Rezacova, V, Gryndlerova, H, Kubat, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal manures
application rate
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers - analysis
cell growth
Colony Count, Microbial
Fatty Acids - analysis
fertilizer application
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Fungi
Hyphae - growth & development
infection
inoculum density
long term experiments
Manure
Medicago sativa - microbiology
Minerals
mycelium
Mycelium - growth & development
Mycorrhizae - growth & development
mycorrhizal fungi
Parasitism and symbiosis
plant nutrition
Plant physiology and development
saprophytes
Seasons
Soil - analysis
soil fertility
soil fungi
Soil Microbiology
Soils
Spores, Fungal - growth & development
Spores, Fungal - isolation & purification
Symbiosis
vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
whole cell fatty acids
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Summary:Effects of long-term mineral fertilization and manuring on the biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were studied in a field experiment. Mineral fertilization reduced the growth of AMF, as estimated using both measurements of hyphal length and the signature fatty acid 16:1omega5, whereas manuring alone increased the growth of AMF. The results of AMF root colonization followed the same pattern as AMF hyphal length in soil samples, but not AMF spore densities, which increased with increasing mineral and organic fertilization. AMF spore counts and concentration of 16:1omega5 in soil did not correlate positively, suggesting that a significant portion of spores found in soil samples was dead. AMF hyphal length was not correlated with whole cell fatty acid (WCFA) 18:2omega6,9 levels, a biomarker of saprotrophic fungi, indicating that visual measurements of the AMF mycelium were not distorted by erroneous involvement of hyphae of saprotrophs. Our observations indicate that the measurement of WCFAs in soil is a useful research tool for providing information in the characterization of soil microflora.
ISSN:0940-6360
1432-1890
DOI:10.1007/s00572-005-0027-4