内蒙古荒漠地区丛枝菌根植物的初步研究

本文对内蒙古荒漠建群及优势植物的丛枝菌根共生状况进行了调查。在观察的16科76种植物中,被丛枝菌根真菌侵染的植物有61(占79. 8% )种;其中多年生草本植物被丛枝菌根真菌侵染的比例较高,占94. 46%;而一年生和二年生的草本植物的比例仅65%。须根系植物中菌根植物约占91. 3%,高于直根系(75. 5% )。古地中海孑遗种四合木(Tetraenamongolica)、棉刺(Potaniniamongolica)、沙冬青(Ammopiptanthusmongolicus)和强旱生植物半日花(Helianthemumsoongoricum)有一定的菌根侵染。本地区野生植物的丛枝菌根形态结构类型多数为Arum类型,占83. 6%;而Paris类型少,只占3. 3%。丛枝菌根结构类型与植物的生活型、根系类型和侵染率无关。

丛枝菌根真菌-植物对石油污染土壤修复实验研究

石油开采一方面促进我国国民经济发展,另一方面石油污染土壤现象日益严重,给区域人们身体健康带来危害,因此采取有效措施解决石油污染土壤问题迫在眉睫。丛植菌根真菌,能帮助植物更好的吸收矿质元素,在提高植物的抗逆性、抗病性,改善植物根际微环境、缓解重金属危害植物上有着十分重要的意义。该文就此在分析丛枝菌根修复技术基础上,重点研究了丛枝菌根真菌—植物对石油污染土壤修复的实验,效果显著,值得进一步推广。

丛枝菌根真菌及其在石灰岩地区植物恢复中的应用

丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)是一类能与绝大部分植物根系形成互利共生体的微生物,为生态系统中重要的土壤微生物之一。石灰岩加速环境恶化,生态系统退化。AMF具有独特的生理功能,在石灰岩地区植被恢复中具有重要的价值。该文总结了AMF结构特点、生理功能及其在石灰岩山地植物恢复中应用,并探讨了AMF在石灰岩地区的发展与应用前景,对石灰岩退化生态系统恢复具有重要的理论和实践意义。

既主内政,又辖外交——以PHR为中心的基因网络调控植物-菌根真菌的共生

磷是植物生长发育必需的大量矿质营养元素,但自然界大部分土壤都存在严重缺磷的问题。为了适应这一营养逆境,植物演化出一系列低磷胁迫应答反应。通过改变基因的转录水平调控低磷胁迫应答反应,而转录因子PHR1在调控植物对低磷胁迫的转录响应中起关键作用。此外,大部分陆生植物还能与丛枝菌根真菌建立共生关系,通过丛枝菌根真菌更有效地从土壤中获取磷元素。最近,中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心王二涛研究组发现,以PHR为中心的转录调控网络控制植物-丛枝菌根真菌共生的建立。因此,PHR不但在维持植物细胞自身的磷稳态中发挥作用,而且参与植物与外界微生物的相互作用,为植物有效地从环境中获得磷元素提供了另外一条途径。

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in some commonly occurring medicinal plants of Western Ghats,Goa region

Thirty-six medicinal plant species belonging to 25 families were surveyed to study Arbuscular mycorrhizal （AM） fungal diversity from different localities of North and South Goa of Western Ghats, Goa region, India. A total of 30 medicinal plant species were found to be mycorrhizal and six plant species showed absence of AM fungal colonization. Forty two AM fungal species belonging to five genera viz., Glomus, Acaulospora, Scutellospora, Gigaspora and Ambispora were recovered from the rhizosphere soil. Glomus was found to be the most dominant genera in the study sites, and Glomus fasciculatum the most dominant AM fungal species. Negative significant correlation was observed between percent colonization and spore density. Simpson＇s and Shannon Weiner diversity index studies carried out in North and South Goa exhibited less variation in both the sites, indicating a stable and a diverse plant community.

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth of Gmelina arborea in arsenic-contaminated soil

Arsenic （As） in the soils of South-Eastern Bangladesh is not rely a threat for the health of millions of people but also a problem for plant growth due to its higher concentration in soil. Gmelina arborea Linn. is a promising fast growing tree species in Bangladesh which has dso a potential to be planted in arsenic contaminated areas. This study tssessed the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal （AM） fungi on the growth of 7. arborea in arsenic amended soils at nursery stage. Before sowing ;eeds, soils were treated with four different concentrations （10 mg.kg^-1, 25 mg.kg^-1, 50 mg.kg^-1, and 100 mg.kg^-1） of Arsenic. Growth parameters length of shoot and root, collar diameter, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root） of the plant, and mycorrhizal root colonization and spore population in the rhizosphere soil of G. arborea were recorded. Mycorrhizal seedlings showed better growth than non-mycorrhizal eedlings. Myeorrhizal seedlings planted in soil with 10-mg.kg^-1 arsenic howed best performance in terms of growth, biomass and mycorrhizal ：olonization, compared to other treatments with higher concentration of Lrsenie. With increasing arsenic concentration, growth of seedlings, nycorrhizal infection rate and spore population, all decreased ignificantly （p〈0.05）. The mycorrhizal seedlings had as much as 40% higher increment in total growth and 2.4 times higher increment in biomass compared to non-mycorrhizal seedlings. The study clearly indicated that mycorrhizal inoculation could reduce the harmful effects of arsenic on the initial growth of G. arborea Linn. in degraded soil at nursery stage.

Comparison of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community in Roots and Rhizosphere of Invasive Cenchrus incertus and Native Plant in Inner Mongolia,China

Plant invasions could significantly alter arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungal communities, but the effect may vary with plant species and local environments. Identifying changes in the AM fungal community due to plant invasion could improve our understanding of the invasion processes. Here, we examined the AM fungal community composition both in roots and rhizosphere soils of the invasive plant Cenchrus incertus and the dominant native plant Setaria viridis in a typical steppe in Inner Mongolia by using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses(T-RFLP). The results showed that AM fungal abundance in the rhizosphere soils of C. incertus was significantly lower than that of S. viridis. The AM fungal community composition in the rhizosphere soils of the two plant species also largely differed. In general, AM fungal community structures in roots corresponded very well to that in rhizosphere soils for both plant species. The dominant AM fungal type both in invasive and native plants was T-RFLP 524 bp, which represents Glomus sp.(Virtual taxa 109 and 287). Three specific T-RF types(280,190 and 141bp) were significantly more abundant in C. incertus, representing three clusters in Glomus which also named as VT(virtual taxa) 287, 64 and 214, Rhizophagus intraradices(VT 113) and Diversispora sp.(VT 60). While the specific T-RF types,189 and 279 bp, for S. viridis, only existed in Glomus cluster 1(VT 156), were significantly less abundant in C. incertus. These results indicated that AM fungi might play an important role in the invasion process of C. incertus, which still remains to be further investigated.

Growth, Cadmium Accumulation and Physiology of Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) as Affected by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

A pot experiment was carried out to study the effects of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi （AMF）, including Glomus intraradices, Glomus constrictum and Glomus mosseae, on the growth, root colonization and Cd accumulation of marigold （Tagetes erecta L.） at Cd addition levels of 0, 5 and 50 mg kg-1 in soil. The physiological characteristics, such as chlorophyll content, soluble sugar content, soluble protein content and antioxidant enzyme activity, of Tagetes erecta L. were also investigated. The symbiotic relationship between the marigold plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was well established under Cd stress. The symbiotic relationship was reflected by the better physiobiochemical parameters of the marigold plants inoculated with the three AMF isolates where the colonization rates in the roots were between 34.3% and 88.8%. Compared with the non-inoculated marigold plants, the shoot and root biomass of the inoculated marigold plants increased by 15.2%- 47.5% and 47.8%-130.1%, respectively, and the Cd concentration and accumulation decreased. The chlorophyll and soluble sugar contents in the mycorrhizal marigold plants increased with Cd addition, indicating that AMF inoculation helped the marigold plants to grow by resisting Cd stress. The antioxidant enzymes reacted differently with the three AMF under Cd stress. For plants inoculated with G. constrictum and G. mosseae, the activities of superoxide dismutase （SOD） and catalase （CAT） increased with increasing Cd addition, but peroxidase （POD） activity decreased with increasing Cd addition. For plants inoculated with G. intraradices, three of the antioxidant enzyme activities were significantly decreased at high levels of Cd addition. Overall, the activities of the three antioxidant enzymes in the plants inoculated with AMF were higher than those of the plants without AMF inoculation under Cd stress. Our results support the view that antioxidant enzymes have a great influence on the biomass of plants, and AMF can improve the capability of reactive oxygen species （ROS） scavenging and reduce Cd concentration in plants to alleviate Tagetes erecta L. from Cd stress.

Diverse plant mixtures sustain a greater arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore viability than monocultures after 12 years

Aims Intensive land management practices can compromise soil biodiversity,thus jeopardizing long-term soil productivity.Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF)play a pivotal role in promoting soil productivity through obligate symbiotic associations with plants.However,it is not clear how properties of plant communities,especially species richness and composition influence the viability of AMF populations in soils.Methods Here we test whether monocultures of eight plant species from different plant functional groups,or a diverse mixture of plant species,maintain more viable AMF propagules.To address this question,we extracted AMF spores from 12-year old plant monocultures and mixtures and paired single AMF spores with single plants in a factorial design crossing AMF spore origin with plant species identity.Important Findings AMF spores from diverse plant mixtures were more successful at colonizing multiple plant species and plant individuals than AMF spores from plant monocultures.Furthermore,we found evidence that AMF spores originating from diverse mixtures more strongly increased biomass than AMF from monocultures in the legume Trifolium repens L.AMF viability and ability to interact with many plant species were greater when AMF spores originated from 12-year old mixtures than monocultures.Our results show for the first time that diverse plant communities can sustain AMF viability in soils and demonstrate the potential of diverse plant communities to maintain viable AMF propagules that are a key component to soil health and productivity.

Nitrogen addition overrides the effects of Stellera chamaejasme litter on the growth of Leymus chinensis and its associated mycorrhizal fungi

Rapid spread and growth of plants that are poisonous to animals produce large amounts of plant litter in degraded grasslands.Nitrogen(N)input may promote the growth of these poisonous plants and alter the rhizosphere microbes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF)in particular.However,it is unclear how poisonous plant litter affects the growth of palatable plants and their associated AMF in the rhizosphere and whether and how N deposition may mediate these effects.A greenhouse experiment was performed to test the combined effects of litter addition of a poisonous plant,Stellera chamaejasme,and N addition on the growth of a dominant grass,Leymus chinensis,AMF characteristics and soil properties.Litter addition significantly increased the ramet number and aboveground biomass of L.chinensis and soil available phosphorus(AP)concentration and decreased the spore density of AMF.However,the interaction of both treatments had no significant effects on traits of L.chinensis and AMF properties.Stellera chamaejasme liter positively affected L.chinensis by increasing AP and negatively affected AMF by combining balanced changes in soil nutrients and litter-induced allelopathic compositions.High N addition may alleviate soil N limitation and inhibit litter decomposition,thus overriding the litter's effects on L.chinensis and AMF.These findings imply that it is necessary to objectively and comprehensively evaluate the ecological functions of poisonous plants beyond their harmful effects on livestock.Simultaneously,N deposition should be an indispensable factor in predicting the relationships between poisonous plants and edible plants indegraded grasslands.

An invading annual plant benefits less from soil biota and has reduced competitive power with a resident grass

Aims Interactions between plants and their soil biota,arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF)in particular,may play a vital role in the establishment and the range expansion of exotic plants in new environments.However,whether there are post-introduction shifts in dependence on AMF and how dependency interacts with competition remains poorly understood.Methods We conducted a common garden greenhouse experiment to examine how native(USA)and invasive(China)populations of the plant species Plantago virginica,respond to soil biota,and whether these responses change in the presence of a competitor.Important Findings We found that while native populations consistently had a higher AMF colonization rate and benefited from AMF in both biomass and seed production,invasive populations received less benefit from AMF,and even showed reduced biomass with AMF in the presence of a competitor.This low mycorrhizal dependency in invasive populations correlated with greater suppression by an indigenous competitor for the invader.The different responses of the invasive and native populations to AMF suggest that alteration of mycorrhizal dependency has occurred during the invasion of P.virginica into China.Our findings suggest that this reduced dependency incurs a cost during interspecific competition.