Abstract
Background and Aims
Soil phosphorus (P) deficiency occurs in many developing and transition countries. One method of resolving soil P deficiency is a strong application of mineral and organic fertilizers in order to saturate the P binding capacity of soil. Another promising method is the implementation of crop-endophyte symbioses in combination with the application of smaller amount of P fertilizer. This study comparatively examined the effect of the fungal endophytes Trametes versicolor and Piriformospora indica in P-deprived and P-rich conditions on P uptake and yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L., cv. Bobwhite).
Methods
Three-day-old wheat seedlings were dip-inoculated with mycelia of (a) T. versicolor WC16GW axenically isolated from Galium album, a dicotyledonous plant obtained from grassland in Linden near Giessen, Germany, and (b) axenic cultures of P. indica DSM 11827 freshly re-isolated from surface-sterilized barley roots. Seedlings were subsequently grown in 6 l Mitscherlich pots (eight seedlings per pot) in soil containing mono-calcium phosphate [CP, Ca (H2PO4)2] with 100 mg P kg−1 soil and control (CO) with 6.3 mg CAL-P kg−1 soil P in an open-air pot experiment station for three months.
Results
Colonization of wheat roots by T. versicolor and P. indica increased plant biomass, yield and P content. T. versicolor-colonized plants exhibited a significant increase in grain yield of 37% (CO treatment) and 8.5% (CP treatment), as well as straw yield of 27% (CO treatment) as compared to non-colonized plants. P. indica-colonized plants showed a significant increase in grain yield of 10% under high P (CP treatment) and straw yield of 22% (CO treatment). Moreover, P. indica improved grain P content by 30% (CO treatment), 16% (CP treatment) and straw P content by 33% (CO treatment), while T. versicolor increased grain P content by 16% (CP treatment) and straw by 35% (CP treatment).
Conclusions
Both T. versicolor and P. indica improved wheat P uptake in both P-deprived and P-rich conditions. T. versicolor supported a high grain yield under the CO and CP treatments, suggesting this fungus has a promising potential for P management in cereal crops.
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Abbreviations
- P:
-
Phosphorus
- RP:
-
Rock phosphate
- CP:
-
Mono-calcium phosphate
- CO:
-
Control
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We are grateful to Ute Micknass, Christina Birkenstock and Lutz Wilming for technical assistance. This research was supported in the project “PrimedPlant” by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to K.H.K. We are very grateful to Prof. Dr. Phil Lane, Institute of Phytopathology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, for many excellent advises and comments.
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Taghinasab, M., Imani, J., Steffens, D. et al. The root endophytes Trametes versicolor and Piriformospora indica increase grain yield and P content in wheat. Plant Soil 426, 339–348 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3624-7
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