Albinas Lugauskas, Jiirate Repeckiene, Jurgita Stakeniene Institute of Botany, ZalitU4. ezer4. St. 47, LT-2021 Vilnius, Lithuania, e-mail: [email protected]. [email protected] The diversity of fungi species spread on food products grown and processed under various ecological conditions were estimated during the researches carried out in 1998-2003. Fungi were isolated and identified from ...

In many semi-natural and natural ecosystems, mycorrhizal fungi are the most abundant and functionally important group of soil micro-organisms. They are almost wholly dependent on their host plants to supply them with photosynthate in return for which they enable the plant to access greater quantities of nutrients. Thus, there is considerable potential for plant communities to regulate the struc...

Wood decomposition is regulated by microbial community and soil conditions plays an important role in global carbon cycling. Among many factors, local conditions, associated with forest age the leaf litter adjacent to decaying wood may directly indirectly influence colonization rate of decay. In this study, sticks without were buried young (50–70 years), old (120–150 years) uncut (over 200 fore...

Fungi are the dominant organisms decomposing leaf litter in streams and mediating energy transfer to other trophic levels. However, less is known about their role in decomposing submerged wood. This study provides the first estimates of fungal production on wood and compares the importance of fungi in the decomposition of submerged wood versus that of leaves at the ecosystem scale. We determine...

Abstract Purpose Plant microbial biostimulants, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), enhance nutrient concentration in fruits, including tomato. However, field studies on tomato AMF inoculation are scarce. species belonging to Gigasporaceae and Glomeraceae families known vary life-history strategies may determine differential effects plant benefits residue decomposition. Despite this, th...

Plant litter quality is one of the key factors that control soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition. Under climate change, although significant change in has been intensively reported, effect on SOM decomposition poorly understood. This limits our ability to model dynamics carbon under change. To determine and property decomposition, we performed a controlled, reciprocal transplant experiments....