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A comparison of the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from different genera on two tropical forage legumes

Boddington, Claire L., Dodd, John C. (1998) A comparison of the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from different genera on two tropical forage legumes. Mycorrhiza, 8 (3). pp. 149-57. ISSN 0940-6360. (doi:10.1007/s005720050228) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:17591)

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Abstract

Two glasshouse experiments were done to assess the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) from three different genera, Acaulospora, Giagaspora and Glomus on either Pueraria phaseoloides L. or Desmodium ovalifolium L. plants. The second of the two experiments included three levels of a localised phosphate source in the pots. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), stained histochemically in the intra-radical mycelium (IRM) of AMF over sequential harvests, did not provide a direct marker for the efficiency of AMF in mobilising phosphorus (P) for plant growth and development. The ability of the extra-radical mycelium (ERM) to scavenge a localised phosphate source, determined by its extraction from buried 35-mu m mesh pouches, was dependent on the species of AMF tested. This work indicates that AMF from different genera have unique patterns of mycelial development when forming mycorrhizas with tropical hosts in the presence of a localised phosphate source. AMF also appear to have different mechanisms for the control of P transfer, within the mycelium, to the host. The significance of the architecture of the ERM is discussed as well as the localisation of ALP in the IRM in determining the efficiency of AMF in terms of P accumulation in planta and subsequent growth of plants.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s005720050228
Uncontrolled keywords: alkaline phosphatase; mycelium; Acaulospora; Gigaspora; Glomus
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: I. Ghose
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2009 12:30 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/17591 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Dodd, John C..

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