Influence of plant species, mycorrhizal inoculant, and soil phosphorus level on arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in onion and carrot roots
Umbrin Ilyas, Lindsey J. du Toit, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Mary Ruth McDonald · 2024
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Umbrin Ilyas, Lindsey du Toit, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, and Mary McDonald test what shapes fungus communities inside onion and carrot roots. Their 2023 field study runs on rich muck soil in Ontario Holland Marsh. Arbuscular fungi trade soil nutrients, above all phosphorus, for plant sugars, and farms now buy them as seed coatings.
Trials cross coated versus plain seed with low and high soil phosphorus. Gene sequencing names five fungal genera across both crops. Crop species itself steers which fungi move in. Added phosphorus and the bought inoculant each bend the native community in their own ways. The authors warn that biofertilizer effects under real field conditions are not the simple boost labels imply; native fungi answer back.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Umbrin Ilyas, Lindsey J. du Toit, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Mary Ruth McDonald |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |