Differential strategies of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the protection of maize plants grown in chromium-contaminated soils
| Autor: | Mariela Gómez Romero, María de los Ángeles Beltrán-Nambo, Nancy R. Rojas-Jacuinde, Miguel Martínez-Trujillo, Yazmín Carreón-Abud, Pablo F. Jaramillo-López |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Rhizophagus irregularis
Chromium Greenhouse chemistry.chemical_element Plant Roots Zea mays General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Biomaterials Soil Metals Heavy Mycorrhizae Soil Pollutants biology Chemistry fungi Metals and Alloys food and beverages Plant physiology Gigantea biology.organism_classification Nitrogen Arbuscular mycorrhiza Horticulture Soil water General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Zdroj: | Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine. 34(6) |
| ISSN: | 1572-8773 |
| Popis: | Chromium (Cr) is a nonessential element for plants that is extremely toxic at high concentrations. Zea mays L. is a species of plant that has developed adaptive mechanisms to increase its tolerance and absorption capacity for this metal. One effective mechanism is to form associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which help the plant cope with stress from heavy metals such as Cr. However, it is still not clear which species of AMF are more efficient as bioremediating agents for plants of agricultural importance. Here, we evaluated the effect of Gigaspora gigantea and Rhizophagus irregularis as protective agents of maize plants in soils contaminated with Cr at concentrations of 0, 48.5, 97 and 194 mg kg−1 under greenhouse conditions. Maize tolerance to Cr was corroborated, as well as increased absorption of this element by plants associated with both species of AMF. G. gigantea caused an increase in nitrogen content and greater translocation of Cr to the aerial part of the plant; R. irregularis registered an increase in the formation of arbuscules and vesicles with increasing metal concentration and greater retention of Cr in the roots of the plants. Based on these results, we can conclude that the analyzed species of fungi use different strategies, with similar effectiveness, to enhance the absorption capacity of Cr by the plant and influence the differential deposition of this metal in various parts of the plant. |
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