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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Assemblages in Chernozems

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Diversity, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Canadian Prairie, Chernozem, land use.

Definition

AM fungi are obligate plant symbionts that form the phylum Glomeromycota. These fungi contribute to plant nutrient uptake, influence soil biotic and abiotic environments, and provide important ecosystem services. 454-pyrosequencing of amplicons from metagenomic DNA revealed the distribution of AM fungi in major Canadian Chernozem great groups as influenced by land use and crop management.

Introduction

AM fungi form a mycorrhizal symbiosis with the roots of the majority of land plants. They have coevolved with plants over 450 Ma to produce today’s mycorrhiza, which is an organ specialized in the extraction of soil nutrients. As such, AM fungi are seen as a key stone of agricultural sustainability (Garg and Chandel 2010).

World grain, pulse, and biofuel crop production mainly occurs on deep (typically >18–25 cm) warm-colored soils rich in humus (>0.6 % organic carbon) and weatherable...

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  1. Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1 Airport Road, 1030, S9H 3X2, Swift Current, SK, Canada

    Chantal Hamel, Luke D. Bainard & Mulan Dai

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Hamel, C., Bainard, L.D., Dai, M. (2013). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Assemblages in Chernozems. In: Nelson, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_116-1

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