Effects of different Kalahari-desert VA mycorrhizal communities on mineral acquisition and depletion from the soil by host plants

Gil Bohrer; Varda Kagan-Zur; Nurit Bejerano; David Ward; Gilad Beck; Eleonora Bonifacio

doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00047-8

Effects of different Kalahari-desert VA mycorrhizal communities on mineral acquisition and depletion from the soil by host plants

Gil Bohrer, Varda Kagan-Zur, Nurit Bejerano, David Ward, Gilad Beck, Eleonora Bonifacio

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Abstract

Seedlings of Vangueria infausta, an indigenous Kalahari tree, were used as plant symbionts in a pot experiment designed to measure the effect of three local vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungal communities on mineral acquisition and concentrations in host shoots. VAM significantly affected seedlings size. The highest level of VAM mycorrhizae occurred in soil with intermediate P concentration. Two VAM communities had the highest mycorrhizal response in their soils of origin. The presence of VAM caused a significant depletion of P from soils. VAM communities differed in their ability to promote P, Ca and N uptake. A significant interaction between VAM community and soil type - in terms of Ca and N concentration in shoots - indicates a local adaptation of the VAM species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-208
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Arid Environments
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00047-8
State	Published - 1 Oct 2003

Keywords

Ecology
Kalahari desert
Symbiosis
Vangueria infausta
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Earth-Surface Processes

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