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Effects of vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhizal infection and phosphate on Plantago major ssp. pleiosperma in relation to the internal phosphate concentration
Author(s) -
Bass Rob,
Lambers Hans
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1988.tb02040.x
Subject(s) - shoot , plantago , biology , dry matter , plantaginaceae , sugar beet , dry weight , respiration , mycorrhiza , glomus , botany , sugar , horticulture , phosphate , nutrient , symbiosis , inoculation , bacteria , food science , biochemistry , genetics , ecology
Two experiments were carried out to study physiological effects of vesicular‐arbuseular mycorrhizal infection on Plantago major L., ssp. pleiosperma (Pilger). In the first experiment, infection by the Glomus fasciculatum (Thaxt. sensu Gerdemann) Gerdemann and Trappe increased growth, shoot to root ratio, P concentrations in both shoot and roots and total uptake of P per plant. The percentages of dry matter in both shoot and roots were lower in mycorrhizal plants. In the second experiment different P treatments were applied to both mycorrhizal and non‐mycorrhizal P. major plants to separate any effects of mycorrhizal infection from increased uptake of P. In addition to the effects found in the first experiment, mycorrhizal, P, and mycorrhizal x P interaction effects were found on root respiration rate and the concentration of soluble sugars in the roots. No clear effects on total dry weight, N and starch concentrations in shoot and roots and sugar concentraion in the shoot were found. Irrespective of the mycorrhizal treatment, increased P concentration in the shoot correlated with an increased shoot to root ratio and root respiration rate, and a decreased percentage dry matter and sugar concentration in the roots. However, the root respiration rate and the P concentration in the roots of mycorrhizal plants were enhanced more than expected from the increased P concentrations in the shoots of these plants.