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SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages 37-44Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.11.004
Keywords
ESP; Mycorrhization; Physical constraints; Sodicity; Stressed condition
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- University of New England, Australia
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Little is known about how the adverse physical and chemical environment in sodic soils affects plantmycorrhizal relationships. We investigated mycorrhizal colonisation and plant nutrient uptake of cotton plants under highly stressed (Exchangeable Na percentage (ESP) 21) and less stressed (ESP 7) conditions with two rates of applied P. The relative hyphal contribution to P uptake was quantified using dual isotope labelling techniques (P-32 and P-33). Root colonisation and P uptake of mycorrhizal cotton plants reduced by 16% and 20%, respectively, in highly sodic soil as compared to plants in low sodic soil, however, the relative proportion of P delivered via hyphal pathways (P-32 from root-free hyphal compartment) was similar. Under high P conditions, the relative increase in the proportion of P-33 (root + hyphae compartment) taken up by inoculated plants was greater in the low sodic soil relative to the high sodic soil. Mycorrhization improved early seedling vigour, and nutrient uptake. Reduced colonisation and hyphal exploration of the soil, possibly due to the physical and chemical constraints imposed by highly-sodic soil, rather than poorer mycorrhizal function, may be responsible for limited early P uptake of cotton in highly-sodic soil. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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