Phosphorus-32 absorption and translocation to host plants by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at low root-zone temperature

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) mycelia persist in soil over winter. Functioning of the AM symbiosis very early in the spring when the soil temperature is low may be of ecological significance for perennial and biannual plants in cool climates. An indoor experiment was conducted to investigate the effec...

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Published in:Mycorrhiza 2002-04, Vol.12 (2), p.93-96
Main Authors: Wang, B, Funakoshi, D, Dalpé, Y, Hamel, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
absorption
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Allium porrum
Biological and medical sciences
Cold Temperature
Economic plant physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Fungi - metabolism
Fungi - physiology
Glomus intraradices
greenhouses
host plants
leaves
leeks
mycelium
Mycorrhizae - metabolism
Mycorrhizae - physiology
mycorrhizal fungi
Onions - microbiology
Onions - physiology
Phosphorus Radioisotopes - metabolism
Plant Roots - metabolism
Plant Roots - physiology
roots
Soil
soil temperature
spring
Symbiosis (nodules, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, mycorrhiza...)
Symbiosis - physiology
vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
winter
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Summary:Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) mycelia persist in soil over winter. Functioning of the AM symbiosis very early in the spring when the soil temperature is low may be of ecological significance for perennial and biannual plants in cool climates. An indoor experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of low root-zone temperatures on ³²P uptake by 10-week-old leek plants (Allium porrum L.) inoculated or not with the AM fungus Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith. Plants were grown in a greenhouse at approximately 23°C prior to exposing their roots to 23°C, 15°C or 0°C. Mycorrhizal colonization increased ³²P activity of leek leaves at a root-zone temperature of 23°C seven days after injection of ³²P into the soil, whereas 14 days after injection, ³²P increases were measured at both 23°C and 15°C. The lack of difference in ³²P activity between AM and non-AM plants at 0°C, both 7 and 14 days after injection, suggests that the AM fungus is not functional at this low root-zone temperature.
ISSN:0940-6360
1432-1890
DOI:10.1007/s00572-001-0150-9