Maize varieties can strengthen positive plant-soil feedback through beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal mutualists

• Published in: Mycorrhiza Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 251 - 261
• Main Authors: Wang, Xin-Xin, Hoffland, Ellis, Mommer, Liesje, Feng, Gu, Kuyper, Thomas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; AMF species; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Claroideoglomus etunicatum; Colonization; Conditioning; Corn; Ecology; edaphic factors; Environmental impact; Feedback; Flowers & plants; Forestry; Fungi; Gigaspora margarita; Glomus mosseae; hybrids; hyphae; landraces; Life Sciences; Maize varieties; Microbiology; mutualism; mycorrhizal fungi; Original Article; Phosphorus; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Plant-soil feedback; soil; Soil conditioning; Soil conditions; Soil environment; soil sterilization; Soil strength; soil-plant interactions; Soils; Species; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Plant-soil feedback; Maize varieties; AMF species; Soil conditioning

Plant-soil feedback (PSF) describes the process whereby plant species modify the soil environment, which subsequently impacts the growth of the same or another plant species. Our aim was to explore PSF by two maize varieties (a landrace and a hybrid variety) and three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (A...