Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China

Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses are an attractive means of improving the efficiency of soil phosphorus (P) that difficult to be used by plants and may provide a sustainable way of maintaining high yields while reducing P applications. However, quantifying the contribution of indigenou...

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Autores principales: Liyuan Hou, Xiaofei Zhang, Gu Feng, Zheng Li, Yubin Zhang, Ning Cao
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:aebbeb4355c84b17b1a7f5cf83ccc4372021-12-02T14:12:41ZArbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China10.1038/s41598-020-80074-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/aebbeb4355c84b17b1a7f5cf83ccc4372021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80074-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses are an attractive means of improving the efficiency of soil phosphorus (P) that difficult to be used by plants and may provide a sustainable way of maintaining high yields while reducing P applications. However, quantifying the contribution of indigenous AM fungi on phosphorus uptake and yields of maize (Zea mays L.) under field conditions is not particularly clear. Mesh-barrier compartments were applied to monitor the distribution of hyphal P uptake throughout the experimental period under different planting densities and soil depths, over two consecutive years. AM symbioses enhanced plant P-acquisition efficiency, especially during the silking stage, and hyphae of AM fungi was assessed to contribution 19.4% at most to total available P content of soil. Moreover, the pattern of AM depletion of soil P generally matched shoot nutrient demand under the high planting density, which resulted in significantly increased yield in 2014. Although the hyphal length density was significantly decreased with soil depth, AM fungi still had high potential for P supply in deeper soil. It demonstrates the great potential of indigenous AM fungi to maize productivity in the high-yield area of China, and it would further provide the possibility of elimination P fertilizer applications to maintain high yields.Liyuan HouXiaofei ZhangGu FengZheng LiYubin ZhangNing CaoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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Liyuan Hou
Xiaofei Zhang
Gu Feng
Zheng Li
Yubin Zhang
Ning Cao
Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
description Abstract Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses are an attractive means of improving the efficiency of soil phosphorus (P) that difficult to be used by plants and may provide a sustainable way of maintaining high yields while reducing P applications. However, quantifying the contribution of indigenous AM fungi on phosphorus uptake and yields of maize (Zea mays L.) under field conditions is not particularly clear. Mesh-barrier compartments were applied to monitor the distribution of hyphal P uptake throughout the experimental period under different planting densities and soil depths, over two consecutive years. AM symbioses enhanced plant P-acquisition efficiency, especially during the silking stage, and hyphae of AM fungi was assessed to contribution 19.4% at most to total available P content of soil. Moreover, the pattern of AM depletion of soil P generally matched shoot nutrient demand under the high planting density, which resulted in significantly increased yield in 2014. Although the hyphal length density was significantly decreased with soil depth, AM fungi still had high potential for P supply in deeper soil. It demonstrates the great potential of indigenous AM fungi to maize productivity in the high-yield area of China, and it would further provide the possibility of elimination P fertilizer applications to maintain high yields.
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author Liyuan Hou
Xiaofei Zhang
Gu Feng
Zheng Li
Yubin Zhang
Ning Cao
author_facet Liyuan Hou
Xiaofei Zhang
Gu Feng
Zheng Li
Yubin Zhang
Ning Cao
author_sort Liyuan Hou
title Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
title_short Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
title_full Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
title_fullStr Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
title_full_unstemmed Arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
title_sort arbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of china
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/aebbeb4355c84b17b1a7f5cf83ccc437
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