Formation of Common Mycorrhizal Networks Significantly Affect Plant Biomass and Soil Properties of the Neighboring Plants under Various Nitrogen Levels.

ABSTRACT: Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) allow the transfer of nutrients between plants, influencing the growth of the neighboring plants and soil properties. Cleistogene squarrosa (C. squarrosa) is one of the most common grass species in the steppe ecosystem of Inner Mongolia, where nitrogen (N) is often a key limiting nutrient for plant growth, but little is known about whether CMNs exist between neighboring individuals of C. squarrosa or play any roles in the N acquisition of the C. squarrosa population. In this study, two C. squarrosa individuals, one as a donor plant and the other as a recipient plant, were planted in separate compartments in a partitioned root-box. Adjacent compartments were separated by 37 µm nylon mesh, in which mycorrhizal hyphae can go through but not roo

SUBMITTER: Muneer MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074789 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature