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Associations between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhynchrelyrum repens in abandoned quarries in southern China

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The association between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Rhynchrelyrum repens was investigated. In six abandoned quarries in the Pearl River Delta area, R. repens was found to be associated with nine AMF species, including Glomus versiforme, G. brohultii, G. microaggregatum, G. clarum and G. claroideum, Acaulospora delicata, A. mellea, A. mollowae and Entrophospora infrequens. The genus Glomus and the species G. brohultii were recorded at the highest frequencies. Three typical arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) structures, i.e. hyphae, vesicles and arbuscules, were found in the roots of the R. repens specimens collected from all the quarries investigated. Vesicles were the most frequently recorded structure. Results of a container-based experiment showed that R. repens had very high mortality (83.3%) in the absence of AMF in soil containing sufficient P (phosphorus); this indicates that R. repens is an obligate mycotroph. The presence of AMF significantly increased the biomass accumulation of R. repens seedlings (p < 0.01). It was also observed that AMF colonization was related to soil P and K (potassium) utilization by R. repens seedlings. It is, therefore, important to inoculate with AMF when using R. repens for the restoration of damaged ecosystems.

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Abbreviations

GD:

Glomus diaphanum

GG:

Glomus geosporum

GM:

Glomus mosseae

AMF:

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

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This work was funded by Guangzhou R&D Program for Key Technologies. We thank Roger T. Koide (Department of Horticulture Penn State University, PA 16802, USA), Helen Y Lee (Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 44074, USA) and Yi Luo (Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA) for checking our English grammar.

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    Yan Chen, Jian-gang Yuan, Zhong-yi Yang, Guo-rong Xin & Ling Fan

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Chen, Y., Yuan, Jg., Yang, Zy. et al. Associations between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhynchrelyrum repens in abandoned quarries in southern China. Plant Soil 304, 257–266 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-008-9546-z

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