Is a mixture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi better for plant growth than single-species inoculants?

• Published in: Mycorrhiza Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 325 - 339
• Main Authors: Crossay, Thomas, Majorel, Clarisse, Redecker, Dirk, Gensous, Simon, Medevielle, Valérie, Durrieu, Gilles, Cavaloc, Yvon, Amir, Hamid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2019; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; abiotic stress; Agriculture; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Calcium; Complementarity; ecological restoration; Ecology; Forestry; Fungi; greenhouse experimentation; Heavy metals; Host plants; Indigenous species; Inoculation; Inoculum; Life Sciences; Magnesium; Metal concentrations; Metrosideros; Microbiology; mycorrhizae; mycorrhizal fungi; Nutrient concentrations; nutrient deficiencies; Nutrition; Original Article; Plant growth; Plant growth promoters; plant growth substances; Plant nutrition; Plant Sciences; Restoration; soil; Soil analysis; Statistics; Ultramafic soil; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Abiotic stress; Mixed inocula; Heavy metals; Restoration ecology

Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) as plant growth promoters has mostly been conducted using single-species inoculum. In this study, we investigated whether co-inoculation of different native AMF species induced an improvement of plant growth in an ultramafic soil. We analyzed the eff...