Root colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal, fine endophytic and dark septate fungi across a pH gradient in acid beech forests

Colonisation by root endophytes can be beneficial to plants growing on acid, nutrient-poor soils. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can supply herbs with nutrients and may give protection against aluminium toxicity. Two other root colonising fungi, fine endophytes (FE) and dark septate fungi (DSE), are less well known but are potentially of benefit to their host plant. AM fungi are the most prevalent symbionts in herbs at neutral to acidic soil pH. At extremely low pH, fungal growth can be limited and AM colonisation is usually rare. Fine and dark septate endophytes, on the other hand, have been observed more often under these conditions. In order to relate endophyte colonisation to a gradient in soil pH, we investigated root colonisation by AM, FE and DSE in Maianthemum bifolium, Galium odoratum, Mercurialis perennis and Stellaria nemorum, from a range of acidic beech forests. With decreasing pH, colonisation by AM decreased, whereas the other two endophytes increased. AM and FE colonisation were inversely correlated in Maianthemum bifolium. We compared changes in root colonisation with those in chemical composition of soil and leaf samples and found a positive correlation between leaf magnesium concentrations and the presence of DSE in Galium odoratum. Aluminium concentration in Maianthemum bifolium tended to be lower when FE colonisation was high, suggesting a possible role for the fungi in plant protection against Al. We suggest that FE and DSE may replace AM fungi in herbaceous vegetation at extremely low pH, counteracting some of the negative effects of high soil acidity on plants.     

丛枝菌根真菌根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性与菌根共生效应的研究

试验研究 3种丛枝菌根真菌根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性与菌根共生效应的结果表明 ,3种丛枝菌根真菌对宿主植物的效应不同 ,与接种G .spp处理和未接种对照相比 ,接种G .m和G .i处理显著增加玉米地上部和根系干物质量、P浓度和吸P量 ,但后两者间无显著差异 ;而接种G .spp处理与对照无显著差异。播种后 35d时接种G .m和G .i处理根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性显著高于接种G .spp处理 ,而前二者间无显著差异 ,且随生长时间的变化趋势相似 ,35d时酶活性最高 ,35～ 5 0d呈迅速下降趋势 ,至 70d时酶活性仍下降且趋于平缓。G .spp酶活性则一直处于较低水平 ,随生长时间的延长略有起伏。即接种不同丛枝菌根真菌时 ,根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性高的菌根真菌对玉米生长促进作用较大 ,可提高玉米P营养状况 ;反之则对玉米生长和P营养状况无明显促进作用 ,且与对照无显著差异。出苗后 35d时根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性是预测丛枝菌根真菌对玉米生长效应的有效生理指标之一。     

Influence of mycorrhiza vs. soluble phosphate on growth,nodulation, and N2 fixation (15N) in alfalfa under different levels of water potential

Summary The legume Medicago sativa (+Rhizobium melilott) was grown under controlled conditions to study the interactions between soluble P in soil (four levels), or a mycorrhizal inoculum, and the degree of water potential (four levels) in relation to plant development and N₂ fixation. ¹⁵N-labelled ammonium sulphate was added to each pot for a qualitative estimate of N₂ fixation, in order to rank the effects of the different treatments.Dry-matter yield, nutrient content and nodulation increased with the amount of plant-available P in the soil, and decreased as the water stress increased, for each P-level. The mycorrhizal effect on dry matter, N yield, and on nodulation was little affected by the water potential. Since P uptake was affected by the water content in mycorrhizal plants, additional mechanisms, other than those mediated by P, must be involved in the mycorrhizal activity.There was a positive correlation between N yield and nodulation for the different P levels and the mycorrhizal treatment at all water levels. A high correlation between plant unlabelled N content and atom% ¹⁵N excess was also found for all levels of P. In mycorrhizal plants, however, the correlation between unlabelled N yield and ¹⁵N was lower. This suggests that mycorrhiza supply plants with other N sources in addition to those derived from the improvement on N₂ fixation.     

Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal status of various crops in different agricultural soils of northern Greece

Summary This paper reports the results of a survey of the occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas and spores of the associated fungi in a variety of soils in Northern Greece. The roots of several crop species were examined for the presence of mycorrhizal structures and all samples showed evidence of infection, though to varying degrees. Cotton plants, in particular, had heavy arbuscular infection. Intact and presumably viable spores were relatively infrequent and empty non-viable spores were much more common. Soil characteristics at each sample site are reported also, but only broad generalizations are made at this stage with respect to correlations between mycorrhizal occurrence and edaphic factors.     

砷污染下菌根接种对番茄生长和砷吸收的效应

为研究砷(As)污染条件下菌根真菌对番茄植株生长和砷吸收的效应,采用盆栽法,以全生育期的番茄植株为材料,对生长在不同砷浓度土壤中的番茄植株接种菌根真菌进行研究。结果表明:无论是接种还是不接种处理,基质砷添加水平增加植株总根长和比根长均呈现减少趋势;砷添加浓度从0 mg/kg增加到100mg/kg时,植株根冠比增加,但砷添加浓度为200 mg/kg时,对照植株根冠比在整个生育期明显增加,而在开花期和坐果期接种显著降低了植株根冠比;添加砷显著增加地上部分和根系砷含量,加砷后结果率显著降低,未接种植株结果量明显减少且质量下降,在200 mg/kg时,接种还是未接种植株均不结果实,但加砷条件下接种降低番茄果实中的含砷量和砷吸收量。     

Interactive effect between Cu‐adapted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and biotreated agrowaste residue to improve the nutritional status of Oenothera picensis growing in Cu‐polluted soils

The interactive effect of sugar beet (SB) agrowaste and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi inoculation in response to increasing Cu levels was evaluated in the metallophyte Oenothera picensis. Plants were grown in a Cu‐added soil (0, 100, or 500 mg Cu kg^?1), in presence or absence of SB, and inoculated with: (1) indigenous Cu adapted mycorrhiza (IM) isolated from Cu‐polluted soils; (2) Claroideoglomus claroideum (CC); or (3) maintained uninoculated (control). Sugar beet application produced an increase in shoot biomass of 2 to 7 times, improving plant nutritional status and allowing their survival at the highest Cu concentrations. Moreover, AM fungi utilization had a positive effect promoting the plant establishment; nevertheless, Cu plant concentration as well as the mycorrhizal development in terms of AM colonization, AM spore density, and glomalin production were strictly dependent of the AM fungi strains used. Remarkable differences between AM fungi strains were observed at the highest soil Cu level where only plants colonized by IM were able to survive and grow when no SB residue was added. An interactive effect between AM fungi and SB produced a higher plant growth than plants without the amendment application, improving the plant establishment and allowing their survival at highest copper concentrations, suggesting that this combination could be used as a biotechnological tool for the phytoremediation of Cu‐polluted soils.     

丛枝菌根对矿区环境修复的生态效应

针对煤矿区生态环境修复过程中存在的主要问题,通过定位监测菌根的生态来探索菌根生物技术在矿区环境治理的效应与推广模式.菌根对植物生长具有明显的促进作用,接种菌根6个月后杨树和白蜡的胸周和株高分别较对照明显增加,菌根侵染率达到80%以上,菌根与植物共生作用好.接种菌根菌6个月后,菌根际菌丝长度远远高于对照,产生的孢子数量也明显增加,接种菌根菌对于降低煤矿区环境修复成本以及增加未来生态收益具有很大的潜力,维持了矿区生态系统的稳定.     

春兰菌根的显微结构观察

应用石蜡切片法,借助于光学显微镜观察春兰无菌组培苗、接菌组培苗的根及野生状态下的新生营养根、老根,结果表明:接菌组培苗的根及野生状态下的新生营养根、老根,其皮层组织细胞内有大量的菌丝结等兰科菌根的典型结构,而无菌组培苗的根则无菌丝、菌丝结等结构。菌根真菌自外皮层薄壁通道细胞侵入根的皮层细胞,春兰菌根是典型的地生兰菌根。     

弱光及干旱条件下AMF对切花月季光合和AsA-GSH循环的影响

旨在探究弱光及干旱条件下丛枝菌根真菌（AMF）对切花月季光合、AsA-GSH循环以及渗透调节物质的影响。盆栽条件下设置100%全光照（L1）、50%全光照（L2）2个光照处理组,80%土壤持水量（W1）和40%土壤持水量（W2）2个水分处理组,接种AMF\[变形球囊霉(Glomus versiforme)+异形根孢囊霉(Rhizophagus irregularis)\]及不接种对照（CK）共8个处理。结果表明,AMF能够侵染切花月季根系,显著提高切花月季生长品质。弱光和/或干旱胁迫下,与不接种对照相比,接种AMF能有效地促进切花月季叶片的净光合速率（P_n）、蒸腾速率（T_r）、气孔导度（G_s）和水分利用效率（WUE）增加,降低细胞间隙CO₂浓度（C_i）;在L2W2处理条件下,与不接种对照相比,接种AMF使切花月季叶片中的抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（APX）、谷胱甘肽还原酶（GR）、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶（MDAR）和脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶（DHAR）活性分别提高5.2%、 15.4%、21.7%和35.9%;接种AMF的抗坏血酸（AsA）含量与对照处理无显著差异,还原型谷胱甘肽（GSH）含量提高8.1%,GSH／GSSG比值增加7.9%;接种AMF后切花月季丙二醛（MDA）含量显著降低,可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白和脯氨酸（Pro）含量明显增加。结论认为AMF通过维持AsA/DHA和GSH/GSSG的稳定,提高AsA-GSH循环中相关酶活性,增加切花月季叶片可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白和脯氨酸含量而降低MDA含量来适应水分和光照的变化,形成适应光照和水分条件变化的生理生态对策来改善切花月季生长品质。