Record ID No. |
5156 |
Author(s) |
Boris Rewald; Lukas Holzer; Hans Göransson , 2015 |
Affiliation |
Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria |
Title |
Arbuscular mycorrhiza inoculum reduces root respiration and improves biomass accumulation of salt-stressed Ulmus glabra seedlings |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 14(2): 432-437 |
Categories |
Ectomycorrhiza Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Country |
Austria |
Abstracts |
Contamination by de-icing salt can severely damage trees in urban areas. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM) have been shown to increase plant resistance to excess salinity —mainly by improving nutrient uptake. However, the availability of AM symbionts is limited in urban soils. Because an increased carbon demand for root system maintenance could underlie restricted tree performance, beside well-known restraints to photosynthetic assimilation, this study focuses at possible ameliorating effects of commercial AM inoculum on the respiration of salt-stressed tree root systems. |