Record ID No. |
120 |
Author(s) |
Masanori Miyata, Bingyun Wu, Zaal Kikvidze, Kenji Fukuda , 2013 |
Affiliation |
Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate school of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan, email:m-miyata@nenv.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
Title |
Mycorrhizal Cirsium purpuratum improves the growth of Clematis stans in volcanic scoria of Mount Fuji |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Mycoscience, 54(4): 279-284p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Mycorrhizal efficiency |
Host |
Cirsium purpuratum, Clematis stans |
Organism |
Mycorrhiza |
Country |
Japan, East Asia |
Abstracts |
We performed a planting experiment to investigate the effects of mycorrhizal Cirsium purpuratum on the growth of Clematis stans using sterilized scoria collected from Mount Fuji, Japan. Mycorrhizal or non-mycorrhizal C. purpuratum seedlings of different ages were planted on one side of a rhizobox, and C. stans were sown at 5, 10, and 15 cm from the C. purpuratum. After the growth period, C. stans seedlings closer to C. purpuratum exhibited higher dry weights. Our results suggest that earlier colonizers may promote vegetation succession by providing a common mycelial network of mycorrhizal fungi that facilitates the establishment of later colonizers. |