Mycorrhizae formation and nutrient uptake of new corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids with extreme canopy and leaf architecture as influenced by soil N and P levels |
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Authors: | Liu A Hamel C Hamilton R I Smith D L |
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Abstract: | A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of N and P supply levels on mycorrhizal formation and nutrient uptake in corn
hybrids with different architectures and to determine arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) development in relation to shoot
N/P ratio and shoot:root ratio. Corn pot cultures with a pasteurized medium of two parts sand and one part sandy loam soil
were grown in the greenhouse. Marigold plants inoculated or not with Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith were used to establish an AMF hyphal network in the designated soil pots. Corn hybrids were seeded after
removal of the marigold plant. Mycorrhizal colonization of corn hybrids and the quantity of extraradical hyphae produced in
soil were greatest at the lowest P level and at the intermediate N level. Root colonization was correlated with shoot N/P
ratio only at the intermediate N level. The shoot concentrations of P, Mg, Zn and Cu were significantly higher in mycorrhizal
plants than in non-mycorrhizal plants. The corn phenotype with the highest shoot:root ratio had the highest root colonization.
The corn hybrid with a leafy normal stature architecture had a greater mycorrhizal colonization than that of other two corn
hybrids. This experiment showed that N level in soil influenced shoot N/P ratio, root colonization and extraradical hyphal
production, which in turn influenced uptake of other nutrients.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi corn hybrid extraradical hyphae mycorrhizal colonization N/P ratio nutrient uptake |
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