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Pre-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increases early nutrient concentration and growth of field-grown leeks under high productivity conditions
Pre-inoculation of transplants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi may increase the in-field P uptake through an increased exploitation of the soil volume and, thereby, reduce the need for P fertilizer applicati...
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Mycorrhiza formation and nutrient concentration in leeks (Allium porrum) in relation to previous crop and cover crop management on high P soils
An improved integration of mycorrhizas may increase the sustainability in plant production. Two strategies for increasing the soil inoculum potential of mycorrhizal fungi were investigated in field experiments...
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Beyond the rhizosphere: growth and function of arbuscular mycorrhizal external hyphae in sands of varying pore sizes
Research on nutrient acquisition by symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi has mainly focused on the root–fungus interface and less attention has been given to the growth and functioning of external hypha...
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Function and Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Carbon and Mineral Nutrition
The function of arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) is discussed in terms of reciprocal nutrient exchange within single pairs of symbionts. Emphasis is on carbon and phosphate nutrition and on the importance of divers...
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Laboratory and field methods for measurement of hyphal uptake of nutrients in soil
Experimental systems for measuring nutrient transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in soil are described. The systems generally include two soil compartments that are separated by fine nylon mesh. Both...
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Diversity and evolution of T-cell receptor variable region genes in mammals and birds
The receptor of a T lymphocyte (TCR) recognizes nonself antigens in the company of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules presented to it by the antigen-presenting cell. The variable region of TCR i...
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Comparison of two test systems for measuring plant phosphorus uptake via arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Plant phosphorus uptake via external hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has been measured using compartmented systems where a hyphal compartment is separated from a rooting compartment by a fine mesh. By ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Role of Mycorrhizas in Plant P Nutrition: Fungal Uptake Kinetics and Genotype Variation
Because of the widespread occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) across plant families and across habitats and because of their mutualistic nature, nutrient uptake by soil-grown plants can be fully understo...
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Transport of Phosphorus and Carbon in Arbuscular Mycorrhizas
The evolutionary success of arbuscular mycorrhizas reflects the unique combination of a superior biotrophic mode of fungal carbon acquisition and the ability of the living plant to absorb nutrients, especially...
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Detection of necrosis in human tumour xenografts by proton magnetic resonance imaging
Tumours with necrotic regions have an inadequate blood supply and are expected to differ from well-vascularised tumours in response to treatment. The purpose of the present work was to investigate whether prot...
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Transport of Phosphorus and Carbon in VA Mycorrhizas
The evolutionary success of VA mycorrhizas reflects the unique combination of a superior biotrophic mode of fungal carbon acquisition and the ability of the living plant to absorb nutrients, especially phospho...
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Hyphal N transport by a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus associated with cucumber grown at three nitrogen levels
Cucumis sativus L. cv. Aminex (F1 hybrid) was grown alone or in symbiosis with Glomus intraradices Schenck and Smith in containers with two hyphal compartments (HCA and HCB) on either side of a root compartment ...
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Research approaches to study the functioning of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas in the field
Approaches suitable for the study on the functioning of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas (VAM) in the field are discussed, with emphasis on those VAM-specific processes which may influence P nutrition of crops...
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Hyphal phosphorus transport, a keystone to mycorrhizal enhancement of plant growth
The beneficial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizas on plant growth are in most cases caused by the transfer of mineral nutrients from the fungus to its host plant. Nutrients involved are those which are transpor...
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Hyphal transport by a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus of N applied to the soil as ammonium or nitrate
Transport of N by hyphae of a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus was studied under controlled experimental conditions. The N source was applied to the soil as 15NH inf4 su...
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Reduction of bacterial growth by a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in the rhizosphere of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
Cucumber was grown in a partially sterilized sand-soil mixture with the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungus Glomus fasciculatum or left uninoculated. Fresh soil extract was places in polyvinyl chloride ...
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Photosynthetic light-response curves
Gradients in photosynthetic capacity through the leaf affect the shape of the irradiance-response curve. These gradients in photosynthetic capacity were manipulated by restraining leaves in different orientati...
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Effects of VA mycorrhiza on yield and harvest index of field-grown pea
A field experiment was carried out to study the influence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) on nutrient uptake and growth of pea at two levels of P fertilizer. Pea was grown in dazomet-fumigated and non...
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The effect of pretransplant inoculation with VA mycorrhizal fungi on the subsequent growth of leeks in the field
Leek plants were preinoculated with a mixed inoculum ofGlomus caledonium, Glomus fasciculatum andGlomus sp., and transplanted to Dazomet disinfected and untreated field plots of moderate P deficiency. Successive ...