In grasslands, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) mediate plant diversity; whether AMF increase or decrease diversity depends on the relative mycotrophy in dominant vs. subordinate plants. In this study we investigated whether soil nutrient levels also influence the ability of AMF to mediate plant species coexistence. First, we developed a conceptual model that predicts the influence of AMF on ...

Abstract To reduce dependency on inorganic phosphorus (P) fertiliser, secondary P fertilisers such as struvite are becoming more important. However, the uptake of these new by plants is often not known and may be enhanced plant associated microorganisms. We therefore investigated effect arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) in rye ( Secale cereale L.), grown middle compartment a box with chambers separat...

“Most higher plants have no roots — they have mycorrhizae”. This is one of the most challenging statements in ecology (Begon et al. 1986). This entry holds true till now, since many publications corroborate the crucial importance of this mostly mutualistic symbiosis of tracheophytes with fungi.Mycorrhizae are no homogeneous entity. They differ in their modes of interaction with the plant and of...

1. Ecophysiological characteristics of eight rainforest species established in mixed-species plantings –Catherine Drane (PhD submitted 1995) 2. Physiological aspects of growing cabinet timber species in plantations – Amanda Snell (PhDsubmitted 1996) 3. Pasture productivity below rainforest trees : an agroforestry trial – Oliver Woldring (BSc Honours1995) 4. Mycorrhizae of tropical r...

in order to study the effect of on-farm seed priming and two bio-fertilizers on emergence and yield characteristics of chickpea, a factorial experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design in hamedan with three replications in 2013. the factors consisted of phosphate fertilizer (0, 50 and 100 percent of recommended) bio-fertilizer (mycorrhizae, barvar2, both of them and no-applic...

Orchid is one of the largest groups flowering plants that are in great demand by society. Besides, various flowers with a long vase life, price orchids also stable and affordable. Phalaenopsis Dendrobium most popular types orchids. To anticipate this, orchid cultivation needs to be improved. However, not always accompanied effort disease prevention, particularly those caused viruses. The virus ...

Phosphorus-32 applied to leaves of Plantago erecta in a serpentine annual grassland reached the shoots of about 20 percent of the close neighbors. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae connect the root systems of neighbors of different species and probably mediate nutrient transfers among them. Spatial patterns of transfer show that taxonomic affinity, distance from donor, and size of recipient do n...