mycorrhizal contribution to plant productivity, plant nutrition and soil structure in experimental grassland

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 172; no. 4; pp. 739 - 752
• Main Authors: Heijden, Marcel G.A. van der, Streitwolf-Engel, Ruth, Riedl, Ralph, Siegrist, Sabine, Neudecker, Angelica, Ineichen, Kurt, Boller, Thomas, Wiemken, Andres, Sanders, Ian R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2006; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Acid soils; aggregate stability; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Economic plant physiology; Ecosystem; ecosystems; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glomus; Grassland soils; grasslands; microbial diversity; Microcosms; mutualism; Mycorrhizae - physiology; Mycorrhizal fungi; nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Parasitism and symbiosis; phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; Plant communities; plant growth; plant nutrition; Plant physiology and development; Plant roots; Plant Roots - metabolism; Plant Roots - microbiology; Plant Roots - physiology; Plants; Poaceae - metabolism; Poaceae - microbiology; Poaceae - physiology; Seasons; Soil; Soil aggregation; Soil ecology; Soil Microbiology; soil structure; species diversity; sustainable agriculture; Symbiosis; Symbiosis (nodules, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, mycorrhiza...); Symbiosis - physiology; Taxa; temporal variability; Time Factors; total nitrogen; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Symbiosis; Grassland; Stability; Nutrition; Interspecific association; aggregate stability; Experimental study; Mutualism; Glomus; temporal variability; Soils; Plant; Sustainable agriculture; Mycorrhiza; Microorganism; microbial diversity; Interspecific relation

• Previous studies have shown that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can influence plant diversity and ecosystem productivity. However, little is known about the effects of AMF and different AMF taxa on other important community properties such as nutrient acquisition, plant survival and soil struc...