Common mycorrhizal networks asymmetrically improve chickpea N and P acquisition and cause overyielding by a millet/chickpea mixture

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 472; no. 1-2; pp. 279 - 293
• Main Authors: Li, Chunjie, Li, Haigang, Hoffland, Ellis, Zhang, Fusuo, Zhang, Junling, Kuyper, Thomas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agriculture; Analysis; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Asymmetry; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chickpea; Chickpeas; Cicer arietinum; Closed ecological systems; Compartments; Cropping systems; Ecology; Fungi; Glomus mosseae; Growth; Identification and classification; Inoculation; Intercropping; Legumes; Life Sciences; Mesocosms; Methods; Microcosms; Millet; millets; Mixtures; Monoculture; Networks; Nitrogen; nylon; Phosphorus; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Regular Article; Rhizosphere; Setaria italica; soil; Soil Science & Conservation; Species; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Netherlands; China; Rhizosphere; Nutrient; Intercrop; Mycorrhiza; Overyielding

Aim Cereal/legume intercropping often increases yield, partly because of increased nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) acquisition. The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) in overyielding by the millet ( Setaria italica L...