The value of symbiosis mycorrihizal fungi for different plant species; Case study: Celtis caucasica L.

Document Type : Scientific Letters

Authors

1 Associate Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Senior Research Expert, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

3 Research Expert, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

4 Executive Expert, Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Among important symbioses, mycorrhizal symbiosis helps the establishment of plant by increasing the rhizosphere distribution, and absorption of water and important soil nutrients such as N, P, and K, leading to increased biodiversity, soil microbial population, and plant resistance against some pathogens and different stresses. This research was aimed to study the influence of symbiosis on morphological characteristics of Celtis caucasica. The study was performed in a natural habitat at Chahartagh, Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari province. The rhizosphere soil and root of five individuals of C. caucasica were sampled. After assessing the symbiosis, arbuscular mycorrihizal fungi were amplified by Zea mayz. Afterwards, the seeds of C. caucasica were inoculated by fungi. Assessments showed that symbiosis was created with 80% colonization. Therfore, the stem height, leaf area and root length in mycorrihizal seedlings were more than 3, 3, and 1.5 times as compared with control seedlings. Therefore, the symbiosis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi caused the better growth of mycorrhizal seedlings.

Keywords

References

انوار سیدیکویی، ز.، ترجمه علیخانی، ح. و قورچیانی، م.، 1391. میکوریزی: کشاورزی و جنگلکاری پایدار (ترجمه)، جهاد دانشگاهی واحد تهران.
Amaya-Carpio, L., Fox Davies, F.T. and He, C.T.,2009.  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic fertilizer influence photosynthesis, root phosphate activity, nutrition and growth of Ipomea carnea sp.  fistulosa. Photosynthetica, 47(1): 1-10.       
Barea, J.M., Palenzuela, J., Cornejo, P.,  Sánchez-Castro, I., Navarro-Fernández, C., Lopéz-García, A., strada, B., Azcon, R., Ferrol, N.  and Azcón-Aguilar, C., 2011. Ecological and functional roles of mycorrhizas in semi-arid ecosystems of Southeast Spain. Journal of Arid Environments, 75: 1292-1301.
Birhane, E., Kuyper, T. W., Sterck, F. J., Gebrehiwot,  K. and Bongers, F., 2015. Arbuscular mycorrhiza and water and nutrient supply differently impact seedling performance of dry woodland species with ifferent acquisition strategies. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 8(3):1-13.
Brundrett M.C., Bougher N., Grove T. and Malajczuk N., 1996. Working with Mycorrhizas in Forestry and Agriculture. Monograph 32, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, Canberra,  Australia, 374p.
Brundrett, M.C., 2002. Coevolution of roots and mycorrhizas of land plants. Tansley Review No 134, New Phytologist, 154: 275-304.
Camargo-Ricalde, S.L., Montano, N.M., Reyes-Jaramillo, I., Jimenez-Gonzalez, C. and Dhillion, S.S., 2010. Effect of mycorrhizae on seedlings of six endemic Mimosa L. species  (Leguminosae–Mimosoideae) from the semi-arid Tehuacan–Cuicatlan Valley, Mexico. Trees, 24: 67-78.
Caron, M., Fortin, J.A., Richard, C., 1986. Effect of phosphorus concentration and Glomus  intraradices on Fusarium crown and foot rot of tomatoes. Phytopathology, 76: 942-946.
Fan, Y.Q., Luan, Y.S., An, L.J. and Yu, K., 2008.  Arbuscular mycorrhizae formed by Penicilliu pinophilum improve the growth, nutrient uptake  and photosynthesis of strawberry with two inoculum-types. Biotechnology Letters. 30(8): 1489-1494.
Govindarajulu, M., Pfeffer, P.E., Jin, H, Abubaker, J., Douds, D.D., Allen, J.W., Bucking, H., Lammers,  P.J. and Shachar-Hill, Y., 2005. Nitrogen transfer in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices in root- free soil. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 65: 1428-1434.  
Khade, S.W., Rodrigues, B.F. and Sharma, P.K., 2010. Symbiotic interactions between arbuscular
mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and male papaya plants:  Its status, role and implications, Plant Physiology
and Biochemistry, 48: 893-902.
Peterson, R.L., Massicotte, H.B., Melville, L.H., 2004. Mycorrhizas: anatomy and cell biology. Ottawa,
ON, Canada: NRC Research Press.
Philips, J.M. and Hayman J.M., 1970. Improved  procedures for clearing roots by staining parasitic
and vesicular mycorrhizal fungi for rapid assessment of infection. British Mycological Society, 55: 158-160.
Quailambo, O.G., 2003. The vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. African Journal of Biotechnology, 12: 539-546.
Redecker, D., 2000. Specific PCR primers to identify arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within colonized
roots: Mycorrhiza, 10: 73-80.
Smith, S.E., Smith, F.A. and Jakobsen, I., 2004. Functional diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses: the contribution of the  mycorrhizal P uptake pathway is not correlation with mycorrhizal responses in growth or total P uptake. New Phytologist, 162: 511-524.
Wu, Q.S. and Zou, Y.N., 2010. Citrus mycorrhizal responses to abiotic stresses and polyamines.  Advances in Plant Physiology, 12: 31-56.
Iran Nature
Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2
March and April 2017
Pages 45-42

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics