Phosphate Uptake from Phytate Due to Hyphae-Mediated Phytase Activity by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Maize

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 8; p. 684
• Main Authors: Wang, Xin-Xin, Hoffland, Ellis, Feng, Gu, Kuyper, Thomas W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 28.04.2017
• Subjects: Acid phosphatase; Maize cultivars; Mycelium; Phytase; Phytate; Plant Science; mycelium; phytase; acid phosphatase; maize cultivars; phytate

Phytate is the most abundant form of soil organic phosphorus (P). Increased P nutrition of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants derived from phytate has been repeatedly reported. Earlier studies assessed acid phosphatase rather than phytase as an indication of mycorrhizal fungi-mediated phytate use. We inv...