Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 1039-1048.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.05.19

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Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant roots and soil microenvironment under cadmium stress

DU Hong1(), LI Yupeng2, CHENG Wen3, XIAO Rongying4, HU Peng5   

  1. 1. College of Agricultural Engineering, Henan Vocational College of Agriculture, Zhengzhou 451450, China
    2. Wheat Research Center,Nanyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanyang 473000, Henan, China
    3. Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutrient Recycling,Resources and Environment, Institute of Soil and Fertilizer,Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
    4. College of Agriculture,Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University,Xinyang 464000, Henan, China
    5. Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment,Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:2021-03-08 Online:2022-05-25 Published:2022-06-06

Abstract:

In order to explore the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant roots and soil microorganism,a pot experiment was carried out with Lolium perenne as test plant, and Glomus versiforme as test AMP. Two factors were set: whether Lolium perenne was inoculated with AMF, and Cd concentration (0, 10, 20, 30 mg·kg-1). It was shown that AMF infection rate and spore number were significantly (P<0.05) decreased with the increasing Cd concentration.Under the same Cd concentration, inoculation of AMF significantly (P<0.05) improved the root architecture (total root length, total root projection area, total root volume, number of root tips and number of root bifurcations) of Lolium perenne.Under the same Cd concentration, inoculation of AMF significantly (P<0.05) increased the number of fungi, bacteria, actinomycetes in soil,contents of soil microbial biomass carbon, soil microbial biomass nitrogen,soil polyphenol oxidase activity, and the contents of easily extractable glomalin-related soil protein and total glomalin-related soil protein. Therefore, it was concluded that AMF could increase plant resistance by improving plant roots and microbial environment, and increasing soil related enzyme activities and glomus content.

Key words: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, cadmium stress, soil microorganism, root system

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