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Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Symbiosis on Phosphorus Leaching through Soil Cores

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Two experiments with soil cores were carried out to investigate the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal colonization on mobility of phosphorus (P) during leaching of repacked columns of a soil with a loamy sand texture. Trifolium subterraneum plants inoculated with an AM fungus or not inoculated were grown in cores with low or high P concentrations for 8 or 10 weeks in the glasshouse. Cores were then irrigated with 2500 mL water and the leachate collected. Plant growth and the amounts of P removed by plants, remaining in soil as available P and removed dissolved in leachate were measured. Mycorrhizal fungal colonization and development of external hyphae were also determined. Inoculation and/or P application significantly increased plant growth and plant P removal and decreased P leaching. In low P soils AM fungal colonization significantly increased plant P uptake and decreased soil available P and total dissolved P in leachates. Lower P leaching from cores with AM plants under low P conditions was related to enhancement of plant growth and to scavenging and removal of P from the soil by roots and/or external hyphae. When P was applied AM effects were not observed and available P remaining in the soil after leaching was much higher, regardless of AM fungal colonization.

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    H. R. Asghari, D. J. Chittleborough, F. A. Smith & S. E. Smith

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Asghari, H.R., Chittleborough, D.J., Smith, F.A. et al. Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Symbiosis on Phosphorus Leaching through Soil Cores. Plant Soil 275, 181–193 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-005-1328-2

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