THE ROLE OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAE IN REVEGETATION PRACTICES IN THE SEMI-ARID WEST. II. A BIOASSAY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF LAND DISTURBANCE ON ENDOMYCORRHIZAL POPULATIONS

Populations of the endomycorrhizal fungus Glomus fasciculatus were significantly reduced following land disturbance in western Colorado soil. A bioassay was developed to measure changes in the endomycorrhizal population. In the bioassay, inoculum levels were measured by comparing the percentage infection in corn (Zea mays) root systems thirty days after planting in undisturbed or disturbed soils. The percentage infection was 2% in the disturbed soil compared to 77% in the adjacent undisturbed soil. Glomus fasciculatus was identified as the endophyte in both soils. Considering the importance and function of endomycorrhizal fungi to their plant hosts the reduction of active inoculum in the disturbed soil may be an important ecological factor in subsequent succession.     

VA菌根在植物生态学研究中的意义

植物生态学是研究植物和环境之间相互作用关系规律的科学。土壤、地形、气候、各种生物都是重要的环境因素 ,它们影响着植物群落的区系组成、结构、空间分布、物种多样性以及生态系统的稳定性、生产力等 ,因而在生态学研究中受到了充分的重视[2 0 ] 。然而植物与土壤微生物之间的关系 ,尤其是植物与ＶＡ菌根菌形成的共生体 ,即ＶＡ菌根在植物生态学研究中则很少有人注意。近 30年来的发现和研究证实 ,ＶＡ菌根菌与植物形成的ＶＡ菌根共生关系也是植物生态学研究中不可忽视的一种重要关系 ,这是因为 :①在自然生态系统中 ,80 %的维管束植物具…     

Terrestrial vertebrates promote arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and inoculum potential in a rain forest soil

We examined whether terrestrial vertebrates affected the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore communities and mycorrhizal inoculum potential (MIP) of a tropical rain forest soil by comparing plots where terrestrial vertebrates had been excluded for 3 years to adjacent control plots. We extracted spores from soil using sucrose density gradient centrifugation and assayed MIP by growing seedlings of maize ( Zea mays ) and a rain forest tree ( Flindersia brayleana ) in intact soil cores from exclosure and control plots. Control plots had significantly higher spore abundance, species richness and diversity than exclosures. Spore community composition also differed significantly between exclosure and control plots. Seedlings of both plant species grown in control cores had significantly higher arbuscular-mycorrhizal colonization than those grown in exclosure cores. This study suggests that loss of vertebrates could alter rates of mycorrhizal colonization with consequences for community and ecosystem properties.     

Manganese reduction in the rhizosphere of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal maize

The influence of rhizosphere microorganisms and vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhiza on manganese (Mn) uptake in maize (Zea mays L. cv. Tau) plants was studied in pot experiments under controlled environmental conditions. The plants were grown for 7 weeks in sterilized calcareous soil in pots having separate compartments for growth of roots and of VA mycorrhizal fungal hyphae. The soil was left either uninoculated (control) or prior to planting was inoculated with rhizosphere microorganisms only (MO-VA) or with rhizosphere microorganisms together with a VA mycorrhizal fungus [Glomus mosseae (Nicol and Gerd.) Gerdemann and Trappe] (MO+VA). Mycorrhiza treatment did not affect shoot dry weight, but root dry weight was slightly inhibited in the MO+VA and MO-VA treatments compared with the uninoculated control. Concentrations of Mn in shoots decreased in the order MO-VA > MO+VA > control. In the rhizosphere soil, the total microbial population was higher in mycorrhizal (MO+VA) than nonmycorrhizal (MO-VA) treatments, but the proportion of Mn-reducing microbial populations was fivefold higher in the nonmycorrhizal treatment, suggesting substantial qualitative changes in rhizosphere microbial populations upon root infection with the mycorrhizal fungi. The most important microbial group taking part in the reduction of Mn was fluorescent Pseudomonas. Mycorrhizal treatment decreased not only the number of Mn reducers but also the release of Mn-solubilizing root exudates, which were collected by percolation from maize plants cultivated in plastic tubes filled with gravel quartz sand. Compared with mycorrhizal plants, the root exudates of nonmycorrhizal plants had two fold higher capacity for reduction of Mn. Therefore, changes in both rhizosphere microbial population and root exudation are probably responsible for the lower acquisition of Mn in mycorrhizal plants.     

六盘山林区几种土地利用方式对土壤有机碳矿化影响的比较

 应用土壤培养法,比较分析了六盘山林区天然次生林（杂灌林、山杨（Populus davidanda）和辽东栎（Quercus liaotungensis）林）、农田、草地和人工林（13 a、18 a和25 a华北落叶松（Larix principis-rupprechtii））土壤在30℃和60%田间饱和含水量条件下培养180 d有机碳矿化速率的差异（以180 d累计释放的CO2-C计）。结果显示：农田和草地土壤碳矿化释放的CO2-C含量（180 d释放的gCO2-C·kg-1干土）分别比天然次生林低65%和23%,差异主要在0～40土层;人工林比农田和草地分别高155%和 17%,差异主要在0～70 cm土层。农田土壤碳矿化释放的CO2-C分配比例（即180 d释放CO2-C/土壤 C）比天然次生林平均低12%,草地比天然次生林平均高18%,差异主要在0～40 cm土层;人工林比农田平均高29%,草地比人工林平均高9%,差异主要在0～50 cm土层。不同土地利用方式土壤碳矿化释放的CO2-C含量的差异比其分配比例的差异大。土壤碳矿化释放的CO2-C含量和分配比例总体上都随土层加深而递减。分配比例随土层加深而递减的幅度方面,不同土地利用方式间的差异不大;含量随土层加深而递减的幅度方面,天然次生林和人工林比农田和草地中大;随土层递减的幅度方面,土壤碳矿化释放的CO2-C含量比其分配比例大。这主要由不同土地利用方式土壤碳输入和稳定性等差异所致。结果说明土壤碳矿化速率随天然次生林变成农田或草地而下降,随在农田或草地上造林而增加, 矿化速率变化幅度比分配比例的变化幅度大。另外,土地利用变化也使不同土层土壤碳矿化速率和分配比例差异改变,其中速率改变的幅度比分配比例改变的幅度大。     

应用杀菌剂对果园土壤AM菌的影响研究

试验研究了几种农用杀菌剂和除草剂对土壤丛枝菌根真菌孢子形成和柑桔根系菌根形成的影响。结果表明:大多数杀菌剂的施用显著地抑制了土壤有益微生物的生长和活动,克菌丹对其它土壤微生物抑制的同时并不影响丛枝菌根真菌的生长,田间应用菌根真菌接种时,结合应用克菌丹处理提高了接种的有效性。     

The occurrence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza in isoetid-type submerged aquatic macrophytes under naturally varying conditions

The percentage infection of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhiza was investigated for Isoetid-type species. Not all species lacking root hairs were found to possess VA-mycorrhiza. A range of habitats including marl and acid lakes, terrestrial and submerged plants and variations with depth showed little variation of VA-infection.     

The influence of phosphate and crop species on endogone spores and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza under field conditions

Summary The numbers of Endogone spores (mainly of the laminate type) and the amount of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhiza were examined in field soil given different phosphate treatments and planted with a rotation of potatoes, barley and swedes. Most spores usually occurred in barley and potato plots given intermediate amounts of phosphate, and there was most VA infection in barely and potato roots from plots given least phosphate. The effects of phosphate were much less marked than those reported for nitrogen under field conditions. Swede roots were not infected. In pot experiments swede seedlings inoculated with Endogone did not become mycorrhizal and they inhibited mycorrhizal development in seedlings of onion, which is normally a strongly mycorrhizal plant.     

科尔沁沙地不同年代小叶锦鸡儿人工林植物群落特征及其土壤特性

 研究了科尔沁沙地小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla)人工固沙林在0、5、13、21和28年的一个时间序列上土壤理化性状和植物群落特征及其恢复动态。结果表明：1) 土壤肥力随着人工植被建立时间的延长而逐渐恢复,表现为土壤粘粉粒含量、持水性能、土壤有机碳（SOC）和全氮（N）含量、潜在土壤呼吸在时间梯度上的增加,以及土壤容重和pH值的下降,0～5 cm表层土壤的恢复显著高于5～20 cm土壤;2) 在人工植被建立和发育的早期阶段 (0～13年),土壤肥力恢复的速率明显高于群落后期的演替阶段(13～28年);3) 灌丛对土壤肥力有明显的富集效应,随着人工群落发育时间的延长,“肥岛”面积扩展,富集率降低;4) 随着土壤环境条件的改善,侵入的草本植物种类数量、植被盖度增加,简单的人工植被向复杂的灌草群落演变。     

Survival and inoculum potential of conidia and chlamydospores of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini in soil

The kinetics of survival and inoculum potential of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini were studied in soil. Two types of inoculum were compared: microconidia freshly harvested from a laboratory-grown culture and microchlamydospores produced in sterilized soil. Introduced at the same inoculum densities into a natural soil, the two types of inoculum showed similar behavior; the inoculum densities changed little with time, at least during 100 days. However, the two types of inoculum did differ in disease potential. A higher percentage of microchlamydospores than microconidia germinated in the rhizosphere of flax seedlings, and the heterotrophic fluorescein diacetate hydrolysing activity of the microchlamydospores was 100 times higher than that of microconidia. Moreover, the microchlamydospores produced more disease on flax than the microconidia even at a much lower inoculum density.     

福建和溪亚热带雨林地表微生物的数量动态

分枯枝落叶层、腐解层和表土层（0—20cm深）三个层次研究福建和溪亚热带雨林的细菌、真菌和放线菌三大微生物类群的数量和月变化。结果表明：三个层次的微生物数量均以细菌最多,次为真菌,后为放线菌。比较三个层次,各微生物类群在各月份都是枯枝落叶层和腐解层数量较多。同一微生物类群在三个层次的数量均有明显而相似的季节变化;不同类群变化规律不尽相同,但基本只有一个高峰。细菌的高峰值在4月份,真菌约滞后一个月在5月份,放线菌则在8月份才出现高峰。各层次的细菌数和真菌数与月凋落物量、月降雨量和月平均气温各有显著的线性正相关（p＜0．01或0．05）,而放线菌则仅与月平均气温显著相关。     

黄河三角洲植被指数与地形要素的多尺度分析

结合地理信息系统和遥感技术, 研究了黄河三角洲植被指数NDVI与一系列地形要素间的尺度依赖关系, 从而检验在较大尺度上滨海生态系统植被分布格局是否存在水分再分配的调控作用。结果表明: 1)NDVI值在4种主要群落类型间差异显著, 这种显著差异是由滨海盐生植物的生境特点决定的; 2)地表高程在所有的10个粒度尺度上均与NDVI相关关系显著, 这种显著关系在小尺度上与地下水埋深有关, 而在大尺度上可能参与水分再分配过程; 3)在750 m粒度尺度附近存在水分再分配的调控作用, 在该尺度附近地形湿润度指数(TWI)和坡度与NDVI相关达到极显著, 而且其Moran’sI指数突然增大。黄河三角洲的植被地形关系表现为不同尺度上对土壤水分和盐分的调控, 在小尺度上地形因素通过土壤表面蒸发过程影响土壤水分与盐分, 而在大尺度上地形因素主要通过地表径流对土壤水分与盐分进行再分配。     

丛枝菌根对喜树幼苗生长和氮、磷吸收的影响

喜树(Camptotheca acuminata)是我国特有的多年生亚热带落叶阔叶树种,因其次生代谢产物喜树碱具有良好的抗肿瘤活性而受到人们的广泛关注。该文通过温室盆栽接种试验,观察了2属6种丛枝菌根真菌即蜜色无梗囊霉(Acaulospora mellea)、光壁无梗囊霉(A. laevis)、木薯球囊霉(Glomus manihot)、地表球囊霉(G. versiforme)、幼套球囊霉(G. etunicatum)和透光球囊霉(G. diaphanum)对喜树幼苗生长和氮、磷养分吸收的影响。结果表明,丛枝菌根的形成对喜树幼苗的生长以及氮、磷营养的吸收均有影响。从生物量看,除幼套球囊霉和光壁无梗囊霉侵染形成的丛枝菌根喜树幼苗与无菌根幼苗(CK)差异不显著外,其余菌根幼苗的生物量均明显大于无菌根幼苗,透光球囊霉和蜜色无梗囊霉菌根幼苗尤为突出,分别达到无菌根幼苗的1.9和1.4倍。丛枝菌根的形成似乎不利于喜树幼苗的氮素营养吸收,并且主要体现在叶片的氮含量上。相反,丛枝菌根形成总体上促进喜树幼苗对磷素营养的吸收,并且主要体现在根的磷含量上。与无菌根幼苗比,所有菌根幼苗根的氮、磷分配比例增加,而叶片的氮、磷分配比例减少。     

六盘山林区几种土地利用方式下土壤活性有机碳的比较

 应用KMnO4氧化法测定分析了六盘山林区天然次生林（杂灌林、山杨（Populus davidanda）和辽东栎（Querces liaotungensis）林）、农田、草地和人工林（13、18和25年华北落叶松（Larix principis-rupprechtii））土壤活性有机碳含量及分配比例的差异。结果表明：农田和草地土壤活性有机碳含量比天然次生林分别低60%和36%,差异主要在0～70 cm土层;人工林比农田和草地分别高129%和29%,差异主要在0～50 cm土层。农田和草地土壤活性有机碳分配比例比天然次生林分别低11%和4%以上, 差异主要在0～20 cm与70～110 cm土层;人工林比农田和草地分别高13.3%和5.3%,差异主要在0～110 cm土层。土壤活性有机碳含量和分配比例随土层加深而递减,其中天然次生林和人工林土壤活性有机碳含量随土层加深而递减的幅度比农田和草地中大,农田土壤活性有机碳分配比例随土层加深而递减幅度较大。不同土地利用方式间土壤活性有机碳含量的差异比活性有机碳分配比例的差异大,土壤活性有机碳含量随土层加深而递减的幅度比分配比例随土层加深而递减的幅度大。这可能由土壤有机碳的输入、稳定性、质量和根系分布等差异所致。结果说明土壤活性有机碳含量和分配比例随天然次生林变成农田或草地而降低,随农田或草地中造林而增加,且土壤活性有机碳含量的变化幅度比分配比例大。另外,土壤活性有机碳含量和分配比例在土壤剖面的分布也随土地利用变化而改变,其中活性有机碳含量的变化幅度比分配比例大。     

Growth and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization of Two Prairie Grasses Grown in Soil from Restorations of Three Ages

I compared growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) colonization of two prairie grasses (Wild rye [Elymus canadensis] and Little bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium]), an early‐ and a late‐dominating species in prairie restorations, respectively, grown in soil from restored prairies of differing age, soil characteristics, and site history. There were no consistent patterns between restoration age and soil inorganic nutrients or organic matter. The oldest restoration site had higher soil mycorrhizal inoculum potential (MIP) than 2‐ and 12‐year‐old restorations. However, MIP did not translate into actual colonization for two species grown in soils from the three restorations, nor did MIP relate to phosphorus availability. There were significant differences in root mass and colonization among Wild rye plants but not among Little bluestem plants grown in soils from the three restorations. Wild rye grown in 2‐year‐old restoration soil had significantly higher AMF colonization than when it was grown in soils from the 12‐ and 17‐year‐old restorations. Wild rye grown in 2‐year‐old restoration soil also had higher colonization than Little bluestem grown in 2‐ and 12‐year‐old restoration soils. Little bluestem had no significant correlations between shoot biomass, root biomass or colonization, and concentrations of soil P, total N, or N:P. However, for Wild rye, total soil N was positively correlated with root mass and negatively correlated with colonization, suggesting that in this species, mycorrhizae may affect N availability. Collectively, these results suggest that soil properties unrelated to restoration age were important in determining differences in growth and AMF colonization of two species of prairie grasses.     

丛枝菌根在退化土壤恢复中的生态学作用

土壤退化 (包括土壤侵蚀、贫瘠化、盐碱化、沙化、酸化 )不仅为全球所关注 ,而且是关系到我国农业可持续发展的重大问题。全球 1.3× 10 8ｋｍ2 的总土地面积中 ,因人为原因引起的退化面积为 2 0×10 7ｋｍ2 ,这些退化土壤中 ,耕地近 5× 10 8ｈａ ,约占总耕地面积的 1/ 3。我国南方丘陵区土壤退化问题也突出 (水土流失面积 8 0× 10 7ｈａ ,养分贫瘠化 1 9×10 7ｈａ ,污染土壤 3 2× 10 6ｈａ ,酸化土壤 3 2×10 6ｈａ) ,因而探讨恢复和重建退化土壤的途径已成为该地区农业持续发展的重要内容[5] 。菌根 (ｍｙｃｏｒｒｈｉｚａ)是土…     

高寒草甸土壤脲酶活性的研究

高寒草甸是青藏高原分布广、面积大的主要草场类型。我们于1984年6—10月在海北高寒草甸生态系统定位站,对四种植被类型土壤的脲酶活性进行了测定,数据列于表1。试验结果表明:(1)脲酶活性有明显的季节性动态,脲酶活性出现的高峰期均在7月和8月份,9月以后随温度的下降而逐渐降低;(2)脲酶活性也有明显的层次性差异,0—10厘米深土壤脲酶活性最高,并随土壤深度的加深而递减;(3)脲酶活性与某些氮素代谢微生物的数量有不同程度的相关性;(4)脲酶活性与某些氮素代谢微生物的生化活性也有一定的相关性;(5)脲酶活性与土壤温度具有一定的相关性;(6)脲酶活性与月降水量也相关,高寒草甸的不同植被类型土壤脲酶活性的季节性变化有所不同,并且与氮素代谢微生物的数量及活性的相关性也有差异,与土壤温度和降水量的相关程度也不一样。 关于土壤脲酶活性的研究,国外已有不少报道。在国内也有一些学者对土壤脲酶活性进行过研究。但对青藏高原高寒草甸土壤的脲酶活性的研究,目前尚未见报道,因为脲酶是氮循环的一种关键酶,与土壤肥力有关。本文对高寒草甸四种植被类型土壤的脲酶活性进行了初步的研究。     

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on root traits and root volatile organic compound emissions of Sorghum bicolor

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plant roots have important functions that can influence the rhizospheric environment. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on the profile of root VOCs. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) plants were grown in pots inoculated with either Glomus mosseae or Glomus intraradices, which formed mycorrhiza with the roots. Control plants were grown in pots inoculated with sterile inoculum and did not form mycorrhiza. Forty-four VOCs were determined using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Alkanes were the most abundant type of VOCs emitted by both mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants. Both the quantity and type of volatiles were dramatically altered by the presence of AM fungi, and these changes had species specificity. Compared with non-mycorrhizal plants, mycorrhizal plants emitted more alcohols, alkenes, ethers and acids but fewer linear-alkanes. The AM fungi also influenced the morphological traits of the host roots. The total root length and specific root length of mycorrhizal plants were significantly greater than those of non-mycorrhizal plants; however, both the incidence and length of root-hair were dramatically decreased. Our findings confirm that AM fungi can alter the profile of VOCs emitted by roots as well as the root morphology of sorghum plants, indicating that AM fungi have the potential to help plants adapt to and alter soil environments.     

COMPARISON OF STAGES OF VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA FORMATION IN SUDANGRASS GROWN AT TWO LEVELS OF PHOSPHORUS NUTRITION

Several stages of the infection process by the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus fasciculatus, were compared in roots of sudangrass (Sorghum vulgare) grow in phosphorus-deficient or phosphorus-amended soil. Germination of fungal spores in soil and morphology of the fungus within the root were not affected by phosphorus amendment. There were no significant differences between phosphorus treatments in the percent of root infected or total length of root infected by the fungus until 25 days after inoculation. Between 25 and 35 days after inoculation, the percent of root infected increased 5-fold, and the total length of infected root increased nearly 30-fold in the phosphorus-deficient plants. Neither percent nor total length of infected root increased significantly over the same time period in the phosphorus amended plants. The increase in mycorrhiza formation in the phosphorus-deficient plants was associated with an increase in the number of penetrations into the root by the fungus, but not with an increase in the size of individual infections. Proliferation of external hyphae was greater in phosphorus-deficient than phosphorus-amended plants 25 days after inoculation. These data suggest that phosphorus nutrition of the host does not affect prepenetration stages of mycorrhiza formation by G. fasciculatus. However, external hyphal growth following initial penetration of the host is reduced with phosphorus amendment. The subsequent ability of the fungus to form secondary penetrations is thus decreased, ultimately resulting in the overall decrease in mycorrhiza formation commonly observed in plants receiving high levels of phosphorus.