Improving mycorrhizal colonisation of cotton in sodic soils

Title
Improving mycorrhizal colonisation of cotton in sodic soils
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Eskandari Nasrabadi, Samieh
Guppy, Christopher
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-607X
Email: cguppy@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cguppy
Knox, Oliver
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-5771
Email: oknox@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:oknox
Backhouse, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-6002
Email: dbackhou@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dbackhou
Haling, Rebecca E
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Place of publication
Netherlands
DOI
10.1016/j.rhisph.2016.08.003
UNE publication id
une:20313
Abstract
The mycorrhizal colonisation of cotton in two sodic soils was investigated in a series of glasshouse experiments. Standard techniques to inoculate cotton ('Gossypium hirsutum' L.) plants in sodic soil were unsuccessful until live hyphal cultures were introduced. In the absence of fresh hyphal material, reliance on spore germination to colonise cotton roots in all tested scenarios was unsuccessful. The presence of a fresh mycorrhizal hyphal network within the inoculum source may play an important role in initiating colonisation of cotton roots in moderately and highly sodic soils. Further investigation into mycorrhizal proliferation under sodic soil conditions is warranted.
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Citation
Rhizosphere, v.2, p. 48-50
ISSN
2452-2198
Start page
48
End page
50

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