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The Role of the external mycelial network of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: III. a study of nitrogen transfer between plants interconnected by a common mycelium
An experiment under greenhouse conditions was carried out to evaluate the relative contribuition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the process of nitrogen transfer from cowpea to maize plants, using the isotope 15N. Special pots divided in three sections (A, B and C), were constructed and a n...
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Published in: | Revista de microbiologia 1998-10, Vol.29 (4), p.289-294 |
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Summary: | An experiment under greenhouse conditions was carried out to evaluate the relative contribuition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the process of nitrogen transfer from cowpea to maize plants, using the isotope 15N. Special pots divided in three sections (A, B and C), were constructed and a nylon mesh screen of two diameters: 40µm (which allowed the AMF hyphae to pass but not the plant roots) or 1µm (which acted as a barrier to AM hyphae and plant roots) was inserted between the sections B and C. Section A had 25.5 mg of N/kg using (15NH4)2SO4 as N source. Two cowpea seedlings inoculated with Rhizobium sp. were transplanted with their root systems divided between the sections A and B. Ten days later, 2 seeds of maize were sown into the section C which was inoculated with Glomus etunicatum. Thirty-five days after transplanting, the maize plants were harvested. AMF inoculation increased dry weight and 15N and P content of maize plant shoots. Direct transfer of 15N via AMF hyphae was 21.2%; indirect transfer of 15N mediated by AMF mycelium network, was 9.6%, and indirect transfer not mediated by AM mycelium network , was 69.2%.
Conduziu-se um experimento em casa de vegetação para avaliar a importância dos fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) sobre o processo de transferência de nitrogênio de plantas de caupi para o milho, utilizando-se o isótopo 15N. Foram construídos vasos compartimentalizados, compostos de 3 seções (A, B e C) de 2 dm3 de capacidade. Entre as seções B e C inseriu-se uma tela de nylon com 2 diâmetros de abertura de malha: 1 µm (que atuou como barreira para o micélio fúngico e para as raízes das plantas), ou 40 µm (que atuou como barreira somente para as raízes das plantas). Adicionou-se 25,5 mg/kg de N na forma de (15 NH4)2SO4 na seção A dos vasos. A seguir, 2 plântulas de caupi previamente inoculadas com Rhizobium sp. foram plantadas com seus sistemas radiculares divididos entre as seções A e B. Após 10 dias, duas sementes de milho foram semeadas na seção C, onde se efetuou a inoculação com o fungo Glomus etunicatum no orifício de plantio. O experimento foi coletado 35 dias após, e os resultados demonstraram que a presença do FMA aumentou a matéria seca e o conteúdo de 15 N e P da parte aérea das plantas de milho. A transferência direta de 15 N via hifa fúngica, foi de 21,2%; a transferência indireta mediada pelos FMA, foi de 9,6%; e a indireta não mediada pelos FMA, foi de 69,2%. |
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ISSN: | 0001-3714 0001-3714 |
DOI: | 10.1590/s0001-37141998000400011 |