Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the biomass and nutrition of Urochloa decumbens at different soil densities

Autor: Luciane Reis Sales, Geanderson Nascimento da Silva, Raphael Henrique da Silva Siqueira, Marco Aurélio Carbone Carneiro, Valdemar Faquin
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Vol 53, Iss 8, Pp 943-951 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-3921
0100-204x
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-204x2018000800009
Popis: Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the accumulation of shoot and root biomass and on the nutrient contents of Urochloa decumbens grown in soils with different densities. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design, in a 4x2 factorial arrangement: four soil densities (1.0, 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6 kg dm-3) with and without inoculation of AMF, with four replicates. The biomass accumulation (dry matter weight of shoot and roots) and macro- and micronutrient contents of U. decumbens were determined at different soil densities. The mycorrhizal colonization of the plants was evaluated, and the number of mycorrhizal spores present in the soil was determined. The biomass accumulation of shoot and roots and macro- and micronutrient contents, as well as the number of mycorrhizal spores in the soil, were negatively affected by the increase in soil density. Only root biomass increased with AMF inoculation. There was no interaction between soil density and inoculation for shoot and root biomass accumulation. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence the accumulation of biomass in the roots and of N and Ca contents in the shoots of Urochloa decumbens even at the highest soil densities.
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