Use of cyanobacterial polysaccharides to promote shrub performances in desert soils: a potential approach for the restoration of desertified areas

• Published in: Biology and fertility of soils Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 143 - 152
• Main Authors: Xu, Yanhong, Rossi, Federico, Colica, Giovanni, Deng, Songqiang, De Philippis, Roberto, Chen, Lanzhou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.02.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Caragana; carbohydrate content; Desert soils; Deserts; electron transport chain; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Germination; ion transport; Life Sciences; nitrate reductase; nitrogen content; Nutrient retention; Original Paper; Phormidium tenue; photosynthesis; Plant propagation; polysaccharides; reactive oxygen species; Saccharides; Seed germination; Seedlings; shrubs; Soil conditioners; soil crusts; Soil nutrients; Soil science; Soil Science & Conservation; soil stabilization; superoxide dismutase; vascular plants; Biofertilizer; Seedling metabolism; Biological soil crusts (BSCs); Cyanobacterial polysaccharide; Seed germination; Germination; Plant juvenile growth stage; Desertification; Shrub; Metabolism; Soil crusts; Biological fertilizer; Restoration; Desert soil; Cyanobacteria; Bacteria; Soil science; Polysaccharide
• ISSN: 0178-2762; 1432-0789
• DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0707-0

The importance of cyanobacterial polysaccharides of biological soil crusts in sand surface stabilization and soil nutrient retention has been long acknowledged. However, the role of cyanobacterial polysaccharides as a source of nutrition to vascular plants in crusted areas is ignored. In this study,...