Mycorrhizal fungal establishment in agricultural soils: factors determining inoculation success.
Erik Verbruggen,Marcel G. A. van der Heijden,Marcel G. A. van der Heijden,Matthias C. Rillig,E. Toby Kiers,E. Toby Kiers +5 more
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The factors responsible for establishment of the beneficial soil fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which can enhance the yield of a wide range of agricultural crops are explored.Abstract:
Soil biota provide a number of key ecological services to natural and agricultural ecosystems. Increasingly, inoculation of soils with beneficial soil biota is being considered as a tool to enhance plant productivity and sustainability of agricultural ecosystems. However, one important bottleneck is the establishment of viable microbial populations that can persist over multiple seasons. Here, we explore the factors responsible for establishment of the beneficial soil fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which can enhance the yield of a wide range of agricultural crops. We evaluate field application potential and discuss ecological and evolutionary factors responsible for application success. We identify three factors that determine inoculation success and AM fungal persistence in soils: species compatibility (can the introduced species thrive under the imposed circumstances?); field carrying capacity (the habitat niche available to AMF); and priority effects (the influence of timing and competition on the establishment of alternative stable communities). We explore how these factors can be employed for establishment and persistence of AMF. We address the importance of inoculum choice, plant choice, management practices and timing of inoculation for the successful manipulation of the resulting AMF community.read more
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Population biology and interactions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their benefits in strawberry cultivation
TL;DR: In strawberry plants, under these experimental conditions, single species inoculation treatments gave similar benefits to the host as the mixed inoculation treatment regardless of irrigation regime, suggesting colonisation was of greater importance than mycorrhizal fungal species.
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Inoculated microbial consortia perform better than single strains in living soil: A meta-analysis
Keenan Mai,Christine N. Buzinde +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a global meta-analysis of 51 live-soil studies (carefully selected from a pool of 2149 studies) compared the impact (mean and variability) of single-species and consortium inoculations on biofertilization and bioremediation.
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Rodolfo Plana Llerena,Pedro J González Cañizares,Ramón Rivera Espinosa,Mario Varela Nualles,Marta Álvarez Gil +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental work was carried out at "Nina Bonita" Pasture and Forage Station of Bauta, in order to achieve high forage production based on triticale by using minimum nitrogen doses.
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AMF Inoculum Enhances Crop Yields of Zea mays L. ‘Chenghai No. 618’ and Glycine max L. ‘Zhonghuang No. 17’ without Disturbing Native Fugal Communities in Coal Mine Dump
TL;DR: In this article , the effect of AMF inoculation and intercropping patterns (maize-soybean) on the temporal dynamics of soil parameters, native AMF communities and crop yields were analyzed using Illumina MiSeq.
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