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Histochemical staining of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activities in four arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus intraradices, G. fasciculatum, G. monosporum and G. mosseae) and their relation to growth and metabolic activities of soybean plants were investigated in a greenhouse experiment. In general, mycorrhizal inoculation significantly increased the growth responses, phosphorus and nitrogen contents, acid and alkaline phosphatases as well as total soluble protein of soybean compared to non-mycorrhizal plants. Stimulation was related to the viability of each mycorrhizal fungus. The localization of succinate dehydrogenase (as a vital stain of metabolically active fungus) and alkaline phosphatase activity (as a potential marker of efficiency of the symbiosis) in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were variable. The activity appeared in young arbuscles and intercellular hyphae, whereas the collapsed arbuscules were inactive. The histochemical staining results demonstrated that the activity of alkaline phosphatase fungi was lower than succinate dehydrogenase. The use of nitroblue tetrazolium chloride as a vital stain for SDH activity showed that all mycorrhizal infection revealed by trypan blue staining was not physiologically active. Thus, the possible utilization of these enzymes to assess the activity of mycorrhizal fungi and its relation with effectively for plant growth and mineral contents is discussed. 相似文献
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Sharda W. Khade Bernard F. Rodrigues Prabhat K. Sharma 《Acta Physiologiae Plantarum》2010,32(3):565-574
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) status and root phosphatase activities were studied in four vegetative Carica papaya L. varieties viz., CO-1, CO-2, Honey Dew and Washington. Standard techniques were used to ascertain information on spore
density and species diversity of AM fungi. Although in case of estimation of root colonization and root phosphatase activities,
the existing methods were slightly modified. Root colonization and spore density of AM fungi along with root phosphatase (acid
and alkaline) activities varied significantly in four papaya varieties. The present study recorded higher acid root phosphatase
activity when compared with alkaline root phosphatase activity under P-deficient, acidic soil conditions. The present study
revealed that the root colonization of AM fungi influenced acid root phosphatase activity positively and significantly under
P-deficient, acidic soil conditions. A total of 11 species of AM fungi belonging to five genera viz., Acaulospora, Dentiscutata, Gigaspora, Glomus and Racocetra were recovered from the rhizosphere of four papaya varieties. 相似文献
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植物磷营养状况对丛枝菌根真菌生长及代谢活性的调控* 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
采用四室隔网培养装置,以玉米为宿主植物,通过在植物生长室设0、50、250和500 mgPkg-1 4个施磷水平,研究了植株体内的磷营养状况对AM真菌Glomus sinuosum和Glomus intraradices生长及活性的影响。研究发现在不施磷条件下,接种AM真菌G. intraradices显著促进了植物生长和磷的吸收;低磷条件(50 mgPkg-1)下,接种菌根真菌显著促进了植物对磷的吸收,但对植物生长没有明显的影响;而在高磷条件(250 mgPkg-1 和500 mgPkg-1)下,接种菌根真菌不但没有促进植物的生长和磷的吸收,反而对其有抑制作用。随着施磷水平的提高, AM真菌根内菌丝的碱性磷酸酶活性显著下降;与不施磷相比,低量(50 mgPkg-1)供磷增加了AM真菌土壤中根外菌丝的密度,高磷(250 mgPkg-1 和500 mgPkg-1)降低了土壤中根外菌丝的密度。上述结果说明:⑴ 给宿主植物施用磷肥引起的植物磷营养状况的改变,对AM真菌生长和代谢活性具有一定的调控作用;⑵ G. sinuosum和G. intraradices两种AM真菌的生长和代谢活性对施磷水平的响应程度无显著性差异;⑶ 高磷抑制AM真菌生长和代谢活性,使真菌吸磷量减少,可能是造成菌根效应降低的原因之一 相似文献
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荒漠沙蒿根围AM真菌和DSE的空间分布 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
2009年7月在内蒙古黑城子北、多伦县城东和正蓝旗元上都遗址3个样地分别从0-10 cm、10-20 cm、20-30cm、30-40 cm和40-50 cm 5个土层采集沙蒿(Artemisia sphaerocephala)根围土壤和根样,系统研究了沙蒿根围AM真菌和DSE(Dark septate endophytes)的空间分布及与土壤因子的相关性。结果表明,沙蒿根系能被AM真菌高度侵染形成典型的I-型(Intermediate type)丛枝菌根,并发育形成泡囊和丛枝结构, 并与DSE形成良好的共生关系,样地生态条件和采样深度对AM真菌分布和活动有显著影响。黑城子样地孢子密度最高,元上都样地泡囊定殖率最高,不同样地间丛枝、菌丝、总定殖率和DSE定殖率无显著差异。孢子密度峰值出现在0-10cm表层土,并随土壤剖面深度增加而降低;泡囊定殖率峰值出现在10-20cm土层;AM真菌其他结构定殖率及DSE定殖率在各土层间差异不显著或变化无规律。孢子密度与AM真菌不同结构定殖率无显著相关性,与各土壤因子极显著正相关。泡囊定殖率与脲酶和碱性磷酸酶极显著负相关,与酸性磷酸酶显著负相关。菌丝定殖率、总定殖率及DSE定殖率与各土壤因子均无显著相关性。土壤碱解N和有机C与脲酶、酸性磷酸酶和碱性磷酸酶极显著正相关;土壤速效P与碱性磷酸酶极显著正相关,与脲酶显著正相关。对沙蒿根系AM真菌和DSE真菌分布和定殖规律的研究,可进一步明确AM真菌和DSE的生态功能,为利用菌根生物技术促进荒漠植被恢复和生态重建提供依据。 相似文献
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Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Megan K. Nasto Silvia Alvarez‐Clare Ylva Lekberg Benjamin W. Sullivan Alan R. Townsend Cory C. Cleveland 《Ecology letters》2014,17(10):1282-1289
Paradoxically, symbiotic dinitrogen (N2) fixers are abundant in nitrogen (N)‐rich, phosphorus (P)‐poor lowland tropical rain forests. One hypothesis to explain this pattern states that N2 fixers have an advantage in acquiring soil P by producing more N‐rich enzymes (phosphatases) that mineralise organic P than non‐N2 fixers. We assessed soil and root phosphatase activity between fixers and non‐fixers in two lowland tropical rain forest sites, but also addressed the hypothesis that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonisation (another P acquisition strategy) is greater on fixers than non‐fixers. Root phosphatase activity and AM colonisation were higher for fixers than non‐fixers, and strong correlations between AM colonisation and N2 fixation at both sites suggest that the N–P interactions mediated by fixers may generally apply across tropical forests. We suggest that phosphatase enzymes and AM fungi enhance the capacity of N2 fixers to acquire soil P, thus contributing to their high abundance in tropical forests. 相似文献
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Sharda W. Khade Bernard F. Rodrigues Prabhat K. Sharma 《Plant Physiology and Biochemistry》2010,48(10-11):893-902
Experiments were conducted to study the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) status and its role in P-uptake through assay of root phosphatases activities in four varieties of male Carica papaya L. viz. CO-1, CO-2, Honey Dew and Washington during flowering stages. In the present study, mean total root colonization of AM fungi recorded peak increase in flowering stage-II while mean root phosphatase (acid and alkaline) activities recorded peak increase in flowering stage-I. Unlike root colonization and root phosphatase activities, spore density did not exhibit any definite patterns and recorded a narrow range of fluctuation during different flowering stages of male C. papaya. The study brought out the fact that root colonization and spore density of AM fungi along with root phosphatase activities varied significantly within the four varieties of male C. papaya plants during each flowering stage. The study also recorded consistently higher acid root phosphatase activity than alkaline root phosphatase activity under P-deficient, acidic soil conditions during all flowering stages of male C. papaya plants. Studies revealed that the root colonization of AM fungi influenced root phosphatase activities (acid and alkaline) positively and significantly during all flowering stages of male C. papaya plants. A total of twelve species of AM fungi belonging to five genera viz. Acaulospora, Dentiscutata, Gigaspora, Glomus, and Racocetra were recovered from the rhizosphere of male C. papaya plants. 相似文献
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An experiment was set up to investigate the role of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) in utilization of P from organic matter during mineralization in soil. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) inoculated with one of two AM fungi or left uninoculated were grown for 30 days in cross-shaped PVC pots. One of two horizontal compartments contained 100 g soil (quartz sand: clay loam, 1:1) with 0.5 g ground clover leaves labelled with32P. The labelled soil received microbial inoculum without AM fungi to ensure mineralization of the added organic matter. The labelling compartment was separated from a central root compartment by either 37 m or 700 m nylon mesh giving only hyphae or both roots and hyphae, respectively, access to the labelled soil. The recovery of32P from the hyphal compartment was 5.5 and 8.6% for plants colonized withGlomus sp. andG. caledonium, respectively, but only 0.6 % for the non-mycorrhizal controls. Interfungal differences were not related to root colonization or hyphal length densities, which were lowest forG. caledonium. Both fungi depleted the labelled soil of NaHCO3-extractable P and32P compared to controls. A 15–25% recovery of32P by roots was not enhanced in the presence of mycorrhizas, probably due to high root densities in the labelled soil. The experiment confirms that AM fungi differ in P uptake characteristics, and that mycorrhizal hyphae can intercept some P immobilization by other microorganisms and P-sorbing clay minerals. 相似文献
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《Journal of Plant Interactions》2013,8(1):514-520
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the organic phosphorus (P) (phytate) utilization of Zea mays L. with different nitrogen (N) forms (NH4+ and NO3?) when both arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus (Funelliformis mosseae) and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium (PSB, Pseudomonas alcaligenes) are present. The soil was supplied with either KNO3 or (NH4)2SO4 (200 mg kg?1 N) with or without phytin (75 mg P kg?1). Results showed that the application of NH4+ to the soil in a plant–AM fungus–PSB system decreased rhizosphere pH and increased phosphatase activity. It also enhanced the mineralization rate of phytin, which resulted in the release of more inorganic P. The application of NO3? promoted mycorrhizal colonization and hyphal length density in the soil. The inorganic P in the hyphosphere decreased, but more P was transferred to the plant through the mycorrhizal hyphae. Hence, in addition, the application of the two different N forms did not significantly alter the content of plant P. The plant supplied with different N fertilizers acquired P through different mechanisms associated with other microbes. NH4+ application promoted phytin mineralization by decreasing soil pH, whereas NO3? application increased inorganic P uptake by strengthening the mycorrhizal pathway. 相似文献
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Growth and enzymatic activities of extraradical mycelia (ERM) of native mycorrhizal symbionts associated with three orchid
species, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, D. majalis and Platanthera bifolia, were studied. ERM extracted from the mycorrhizosphere of these species showed features typical for fungi that form orchid
mycorrhiza. In the first pot experiment, three different treatments were applied on tubers of D. fuchsii transplanted from a natural site: control (no specific treatment), reinoculated (surface-sterilized tubers reinoculated with
mycorrhizal fungi-colonised roots), and benomyl (nonsterilized tubers treated with fungicide). However, no significant differences
in ERM growth and intensity of root mycorrhizal colonisation at harvest were observed among these treatments. ERM associated
with reinoculated D. fuchsii plants showed significantly higher alkaline phosphatase (ALP) enzymatic activity at week 36 than at week 24, but no differences
were observed for NADH diaphorase activity. Benomyl application significantly reduced ALP activity in comparison with reinoculated
plants at week 36. In the second experiment, plants of all three species were either untreated (control), or repeatedly treated
with benomyl. Similarly to the results of the first experiment, benomyl application did not reduce the ERM growth of mycorrhizal
symbionts associated with D. majalis and D. fuchsii. The low ERM growth associated with benomyl-treated P. bifolia was probably caused by poor root system development in this treatment. Significantly higher mycorrhizal colonisation was
found for D. fuchsii compared to P. bifolia in control treatments at the end of cultivation. The ERM of native symbionts of the three orchid species studied seemed to
have a different growth pattern over time and responded differently to fungicide application. 相似文献
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植酸钠对菌根真菌根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性及根外菌丝生长的影响 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
采用三室隔网培养装置,以玉米为宿主植物,接种丛枝菌根真菌(AM)(Glomus intraradices),研究了不同用量的植酸钠对AM真菌生长和代谢活性的影响.研究发现,接种AM真菌的植株地上部和根系的P浓度和吸P量,比非菌根植物的提高了1~2倍.外源植酸钠的存在,显著降低了AM真菌根内菌丝的碱性磷酸酶活性,增加了AM真菌在土壤中的菌丝密度.结果表明,外源植酸钠对根内AM真菌碱性磷酸酶活性和真菌根外菌丝的生长具有调控(增减)作用,并且AM真菌提高了植物对土壤固有养分和外源植酸钠中P的吸收和利用. 相似文献
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Comparison of phosphatase localization in the intraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,Glomus spp. and Gigaspora spp. 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The localization of acid and alkaline phosphatases in the intraradical hyphae of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus mosseae (Nicol. and Gerd.) Gerd. and Trappe (Gm), Gl. etunicatum Becker and Gerd. (Ge) and Gigaspora rosea Nicol. and Schenck (Gir) were compared. Marigold (Tagetes patula L.) and leek (Allium porrum L.) were inoculated with each of the three fungi. The mycorrhizal roots were harvested at 3, 4, 5 and 6 weeks after sowing (WAS), treated with a digestion solution containing cellulase and pectinase, and then stained for phosphatase activities at pH 5.0 and pH 8.5. The development of fungal structures in the host root was also examined. Gm formed fine-branched (mature) arbuscules only at the early phase of infection (3 to 4 WAS). Mature arbuscules of Ge and Gir were observed from the early phase (4 WAS) up to the end of experiment. At pH 5.0, the localization of the phosphatase activities of the three fungi were similar irrespective to host plant species. The activity appeared in mature arbuscules and intercellular hyphae, whereas the collapsed arbuscules were inactive. Ten millimolar NaF, an acid phosphatase inhibitor, inhibited the phosphatase activities of Gm and Ge but did not affect that of Gir. At pH 8.5, a difference among the fungal species was found in the localization of phosphatase activity while that between host species was not. The mature arbuscules were also the active sites in all three species. Only Gir showed the activity in the intercellular hyphae while the two Glomus spp. did not. Five millimolar EDTA inhibited the activity of Gir at pH 8.5 while the activities of Ge and Gm were not affected by either 5 mM EDTA or 10 mM KCN (both are alkaline phosphatase inhibitors). 相似文献
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Influence of two legume species on hyphal production and activity of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Two arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi (Glomus
mosseae and G. intraradices) were compared for abundance of intraradical and soil-borne hyphae in association with Astragalus sinicum, a small-seeded, and Glycine
max, a large-seeded legume. A. sinicum was more responsive than G. max to mycorrhizal formation, especially at early growth stages. Biomass allocation was greater in roots than shoots for mycorrhizal
A. sinicum, while the opposite was true for G. max. Hyphal development in root and soil compartments was estimated by trypan blue staining and after staining for succinate
dehydrogenase (SDH) or alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity. Total fungal abundance increased steadily in roots and soil with
time to a maximum 8 weeks after planting. SDH- and ALP-active AM hyphae increased in roots during plant growth but decreased
in soil at later harvests. Mycorrhizal root mass in A. sinicum and G. max increased about 14-fold and 2.5-fold, respectively, but total length of soil hyphae produced per plant differed little, so
that the pattern of AM soil to root abundance of the two fungi varied considerably with the host plant.
Accepted: 23 July 1997 相似文献
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接种丛枝菌根真菌对枳吸收利用磷酸铝的影响 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
在温室沙培条件下,以枳实生苗为试材,研究了丛枝菌根真菌摩西球囊霉和地表球囊霉对枳吸收利用难溶性磷酸盐(Al-P)的影响.结果表明:接种菌根真菌显著增加了枳的干物质量、含磷量及磷吸收量,且随Al-P施用量的提高,菌根贡献率、全株磷吸收量、真菌磷吸收量及真菌磷吸收贡献率显著增加;接种处理显著增加了枳根系与菌丝磷酸酶的分泌量,特别是酸性磷酸酶和中性磷酸酶的分泌量,但二者随施磷量的增加而降低.真菌磷吸收贡献率与酸性磷酸酶、中性磷酸酶、碱性磷酸酶和总磷酸酶含量呈极显著正相关. 相似文献
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi facilitate inorganic N (NH4
+ or NO3
−) uptake by plants, but their role in N mobilization from organic sources is unclear. We hypothesized that arbuscular mycorrhizae
enhance the ability of a plant to use organic residues (ORs) as a source of N. This was tested under controlled glasshouse
conditions by burying a patch of OR in soil separated by 20-μm nylon mesh so that only fungal hyphae can pass through it.
The fate of the N contained in the OR patch, as influenced by Glomus claroideum, Glomus clarum, or Glomus intraradices over 24 weeks, was determined using 15N as a tracer. AM fungal species enhanced N mineralization from OR to different levels. N recovery and translocation to Russian
wild rye by hyphae reached 25% of mineralized N in G. clarum, which was most effective despite its smaller extraradical development in soil. Mobilization of N by G. clarum relieved plant N deficiency and enhanced plant growth. We show that AM hyphae modify soil functioning by linking plant growth
to N mineralization from OR. AM species enhance N mineralization differentially leading to species-specific changes in the
quality of the soil environment (soil C-to-N ratio) and structure of the soil microbial community. 相似文献
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Simulated acid rain (SAR) combined with higher concentration of aluminium (SAR+Al) influenced the ecophysiology of three arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in both the germination and symbiotic phases of their life cycle. Acaulospora tuberculata, an isolate
from the soil with low pH, exhibited a higher tolerance to environmental stress as compared to Glomus mosseae and G. fistulosum.
This higher tolerance may be related to the edaphic conditions of soil of the isolate origin. The histochemical staining of
the alkaline phosphatase and NADH-diaphorase activities in the extraradical mycelium (ERM) of the AMF proved to be more sensitive
indication of negative effects of the SAR or SAR+Al stress compared to commonly measured parameters of the AMF such as mycorrhizal
colonisation or growth of the ERM.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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《Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences》2021,28(11):6495-6499
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have beneficial effects on host plants, but their growth is influenced by various factors. This study was carried out to analyze the variation of AM fungi in soils and roots of peach (Prunus persica L. var. Golden Honey 3, a yellow-flesh variety) trees in different soil layers (0–40 cm) and their correlation with soil properties. The peach tree could be colonized by indigenous AM fungi (2.2–8.7 spores/g soil and 1.63–3.57 cm hyphal length/g soil), achieving 79.50–93.55% of root AM fungal colonization degree. The mycorrhizal growth, root sugars, soil three glomalins, NH4+-N, NO3−-N, available P and K, and soil organic matter (SOM) had spatial heterogeneity. Soil spores, but not soil hyphae contributed to soil glomalin, and soil glomalin also contributed to SOM. There was a significant correlation of soil hyphae with spore density, soil NO3−-N, and SOM. Root mycorrhiza was positively correlated with spore density, NH4+-N, NO3−-N, and easily extractable glomalin-related soil protein. Notably, spore density positively correlated with NO3−-N, available K, SOM, and root fructose and glucose, while negatively correlated with available P and root sucrose. These findings concluded that mycorrhiza of peach showed spatial distribution, and soil properties mainly affected/altered based on the soil spore density. 相似文献
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为揭示AM真菌对宿主滨梅(Prunus maritima)的作用特点及对根部土壤酶活性的影响,于2009年4月、7月和10月分别从江苏傅家边丘陵山地滨梅根围分0~10、10~20、20~30、30~40、40~50 cm 5个土层采集土壤样品,观察滨梅AM菌根结构,测定了AM真菌侵染率、孢子密度、土壤磷酸酶、脲酶活性及有效磷、碱解氮含量,着重分析了AM真菌与土壤酶活性之间的关系。结果表明,滨梅能与AM真菌形成良好的共生关系,共生体为泡囊-丛枝结构;AM真菌侵染率和孢子密度分别在7月份和10月份最高,均出现在0~20 cm土层,并随土层加深而下降;AM真菌侵染率与土壤酸性磷酸酶、中性磷酸酶、碱磷酸酶活性显著正相关,而与脲酶活性无相关性;AM真菌孢子密度与碱性磷酸酶、脲酶活性呈极显著正相关关系;孢子密度与土壤有效磷、土壤碱解氮含量显著正相关,但AM真菌侵染率仅与土壤有效磷含量显著正相关;孢子密度与菌根侵染率之间无相关性。可见,滨梅AM真菌侵染率与孢子密度有明显的时空分布并与土壤因子尤其是某些土壤酶活性密切相关,且AM菌根的形成是滨梅适应丘陵山地干旱贫瘠环境的有效对策之一。 相似文献
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Gómez-Guiñán Y 《Revista de biología tropical》2004,52(1):287-295
The potential role of the fungi, isolated from the peanut rhizosphere, in the production of extracellular and intracellular acid and alkaline phosphatase, was evaluated in vitro. Acid and alkaline extracellular phosphatases showed the highest activities, and the Penicillium species were the most efficient in their production. The correlation analysis showed that extracellular acid and intracellular acid phosphatase produced by Aspergillus niger A. terreus, Penicillium sp. y P. brevicompactum were negatively correlated; while the extracellular and intracellular phosphatase activities, were positively correlated. The extracellular acid phosphatase activities produced in vitro by majority of fungi assayed, were not correlated with the acid phosphatase activity present in the peanut soil rhizosphere. Nevertheless, the extracellular alkaline phosphatase activities produced in vitro, were negatively correlated with the extracellular alkaline phosphatase activities present in the rhizosphere. The ability of phosphatase production by fungi isolated from peanut rhizosphere suggests they have great potential to contribute to the P mineralization in this zone. 相似文献
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荒漠油蒿(Artemisia ordosica)根围AM真菌分布与土壤酶活性 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
于2007年10月在油蒿(Artemisia ordosica)集中分布区选取4个典型样地,分别从0~10cm、10~20cm、20~30cm、30~40cm和40~50cm土层采集根围土样,分离其丛枝菌根(arbuscular mycorrhiza,AM)真菌并测定了3种土壤酶活性.结果表明,在各样地0~50cm土层中油蒿根系AM真菌菌丝定殖率均很高,有典型的泡囊与丛枝结构.菌丝定殖率与泡囊定殖率呈显著正相关,但菌丝、泡囊和丛枝定殖率与AM真菌孢子密度和土壤酶活性之间都无相关性;孢子密度在不同样地及采样深度间差异明显,与土壤有机质、速效磷和速效氮含量都呈一定正相关关系.孢子密度与脲酶和酸性磷酸酶活性有显著或极显著相关关系,与碱性磷酸酶活性之间的相关性受到土壤pH的显著影响.孢子密度的峰值出现在0~10cm表层土,并随土壤剖面深度增加而降低.土壤酶活性在土壤垂直剖面显示与孢子密度同样的规律.不同样地间AM真菌分布及油蒿根系定殖率的差异表明,油蒿与AM真菌之间有良好共生性,对维护荒漠生态环境系统结构的完整性具有重要意义. 相似文献
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Radiocaesium enters the food chain when plants absorb it from soil, in a process that is strongly dependent on soil properties and plant and microbial species. Among the microbial species, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate symbionts that colonize the root cortex of many plants and develop an extraradical mycelial (ERM) network that ramifies in the soil. Despite the well-known involvement of this ERM network in mineral nutrition and uptake of some heavy metals, only limited data are available on its role in radiocaesium transport in plants. We used root-organ culture to demonstrate that the ERM of the AM fungus Glomus lamellosum can take up, possibly accumulate and unambiguously translocate radiocaesium from a 137Cs-labelled synthetic root-free compartment to a root compartment and within the roots. The accumulation of 137Cs by hyphae in the root-free compartment may be explained by sequestration in the hyphae or by a bottleneck effect resulting from a limited number of hyphae crossing the partition between the two compartments. Uptake and translocation resulted from the incorporation of 137Cs into the fungal hyphae, as no 137Cs was detected in mycorrhizal roots treated with formaldehyde. The importance of the translocation process was indicated by the correlation between 137Cs measured in the roots and the total hyphal length connecting the roots with the labelled compartment. 137Cs may be translocated via a tubular vacuolar system or by cytoplasmic streaming per se. 相似文献