Record ID No. |
4844 |
Author(s) |
E.F. Leifheit, E. Verbruggen, *M.C. Rillig , 2014 |
Affiliation |
Institut für Biologie, Plant Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin, Altensteinstr. 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany, *Email: matthias.rillig@fu-berlin.de |
Title |
Rotation of hyphal in-growth cores has no confounding effects on soil abiotic properties |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 79: 78-80p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Cropping effect |
Host |
Plants |
Organism |
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) |
Country |
Germany, Western Europe |
Abstracts |
To disentangle effects of fungal hyphae and plant roots hyphal in-growth cores have become a common tool in research on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). However, it is unknown if the frequent rotation of a compartment has any side-effects that may hinder attributing findings to AMF. We set up an experiment with the presence/absence of a non-AMF microbial community, where each pot contained a rotated and a non-rotated soil core. The results show that within our rotation design soil parameters such as water content, soil structure, pH, and C and N concentrations are not influenced by the regular rotation in the absence of AMF. Our study therefore clearly underlines the validity of the rotated hyphal in-growth core as an experimental control for AMF growth and activity. |