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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)"”.
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Establishment of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on micropropagated teak (Tectona grandis L. F.)
… ability to establish mycorrhizas from different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) inoculum sources on two micropropagated teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) clones was examined at the acclimatisation phase. Teak shoots were maintained on a multiplication medium containing Murashige and Skoog (MS) …
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Assessing the indigenous Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) community associated with sea oats along the Georgia coast at Jekyll and Tybee Islands
… technique has not been found to be the best. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) supply a range of limiting nutrients (N, P, Fe, and Zn) to the host plant while improving dune stability. This study aimed to assess and compare the diversity of the indigenous AMF community associated with sea …
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Plant Species and Soil Type Effects on Root Characteristics, Microbiota and Plant-soil Feedback Responses in Four Prairie Species
<p>Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form a relationship with a multitude of host plants that is estimated to include 70-90% of terrestrial plant species over a wide range of environments. AMF and other microbiota, as well as abiotic factors are an important component of plant-soil feedback …
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A polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis procedure for analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important components of agro-ecosystems and are especially significant for productive low-input agriculture. Traditional spore morphology-based identification of AMF in biodiversity studies is subjective and requires expertise and time. Researchers have used …
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Composted dairy manure and arbuscular mycorrhizae influence on weed competition and potato yield
… unaffected by maternal and burial environment. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculum did not affect growth of potato, CHEAL, SETFA, or SOLSA in the greenhouse. Nutrient concentration in above-ground plant biomass varied by species, and was not affected by AMF inoculum. Nutrient use …
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Mycorrhizal Colonization of Native Salt Marsh Plants On Mississippi's Gulf Coast and the Effects of Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculants On Nursery-Grown Plants
… site many die due to transplant stress. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) may be able to shorten the time the restoration plants need to stay in the nursery by increasing the plant's growth rate. AMF may also increase survival by decreasing transplant stress. To determine if S. …
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Assessing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal community composition and diversity across a land-use gradient in Eastern Washington prairies
<p>Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are key to healthy, functioning terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Associating with over 80% of all extant land plants, they play a pivotal role in nutrient cycling, and contribute to overall plant health. Given their significance to terrestrial ecosystems, AMF …
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Mycorrhizal Colonization of Native Salt Marsh Plants on Mississippi's Gulf Coast and the Effects of Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculants on Nursery-Grown Plants
… site many die due to transplant stress. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) may be able to shorten the time the restoration plants need to stay in the nursery by increasing the plant’s growth rate. AMF may also increase survival by decreasing transplant stress. To determine if <em>S. …
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Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis with near-Isogenic White Clover: A Gene Expression Study
… Rhizobium and phosphate-scavenging arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Understanding the genetic control of plant-AM interactions will allow clover breeders to develop genetic markers for selection of phenotypes favourable to AM symbiosis.<br/><br/>Clover is normally an out-breeding …
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL RESPONSES TO BIOCHARS IN SOILS - POTENTIAL MECHANISMS OF INTERACTION AND OBSERVED RESPONSES IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS
… the influences of biochar (charcoal) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The first part of this study is a critical examination and conceptual overview of the literature regarding biochar and AMF available before July 2007. In the second part, I present three experiments all designed …
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SUCCESSION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSIDERATIONS
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are soil fungi associations with the majority of terrestrial plants. These fungi may affect a wide range of ecosystem processes from primary productivity to soil stabilization. Understanding the patterns and controls of AMF abundance during succession soil will be …
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL RESPONSES TO BIOCHARS IN SOILS - POTENTIAL MECHANISMS OF INTERACTION AND OBSERVED RESPONSES IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS
… the influences of biochar (charcoal) on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The first part of this study is a critical examination and conceptual overview of the literature regarding biochar and AMF available before July 2007. In the second part, I present three experiments all designed …
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SUCCESSION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSIDERATIONS
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are soil fungi associations with the majority of terrestrial plants. These fungi may affect a wide range of ecosystem processes from primary productivity to soil stabilization. Understanding the patterns and controls of AMF abundance during succession soil will be …
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Effect of heavy metals on salt march biota
… common salt marsh plant S. patens and associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonizing its roots. Growth performance as well as uptake of heavy metals into roots and translocation from below- into above-ground parts was studied as a function of basic environmental conditions such as pH and …
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Symbiotic relationships of <i>alnus glutinosa</i> with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and with <i>frankia</i>
The occurrence in Scotland of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) infective on <i>Alnus glutinosa</i> and the effects on early growth of inoculation of seedlings with AMF and <i>Frankia </i>were investigated. AMF characteristic of <i>Glomus</i>-like fungi were detected microscopically in <i>A. …
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THE INFLUENCE OF PULSE CROPS ON SOIL PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY TO SUBSEQUENT WHEAT CROPS IN THE BROWN SOIL ZONE OF SASKATCHEWAN
… pulse crops. Studies of root infection by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)were inconclusive, but if enhanced following growth of a pulse crop, AMF could contribute to enhanced root surface area and therefore nutrient uptake.
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Phosphorus cycling in organic systems
… manure add P to soil through dissolution. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) improve crop access to soil P. The fungi colonize roots of host crops, allowing roots to reach immobile pockets of soil P. Colonization by AMF is usually decreased or delayed following partial fallow periods, …
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Effects of coastal dynamics on colonization of Louisiana wetland plants by fungal endophytes
… shown that plants in wetlands associate with fungi. In this dissertation, I show that both root and foliar endophytes not only exist in wetland plants living in flooded and saline environments, but also are abundant within these plants. In the chapter two I explore the distribution of …
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Communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Salt Marsh Habitats: Diversity, Structure, and Ecosystem Function
… central focus of recent ecological studies, and fungi are considered to play a key role in this relationship. For example, the Mycorrhizae’s association with two-thirds of terrestrial plants makes them one of the most common forms of symbiosis on Earth. Although Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) …
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Rooting for the Home Team: Arbuscular Mycorrhizas and Root Traits in Native and Invasive Woody Shrubs
… of these invasive species, including linking arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to invader growth responses, investigating the relationships between AMF community composition and their plant hosts, and understanding the syndromes of fine root functional traits that form based on plant invasive …
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