The Effects of Host Plant Genotype and Environmental Conditions on Fungal Community Composition and Phosphorus Solubilization in Willow Short Rotation Coppice.

ABSTRACT: Phosphorus (P) is an essential plant nutrient. Low availability of P in soil is mainly caused by high content of Fe₂O₃ in the clay fraction that binds to P making it unavailable. Beneficial microbes, such as P solubilizing microorganisms can increase the available P in soil and improve plant growth and productivity. In this study, we evaluated the effects of environmental conditions (climate, soil parameters), plant genotype, and level of plant association (rhizosphere or endophytic root organism) on the abundance and diversity of phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms in a Salix production system. We hypothesized that a lower number of endophytic fungi may possess the ability to solubilize P compared to the number of rhizosphere fungi with the same ability. We

SUBMITTER: Koczorski P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8287252 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature