M. Gryndler et J. Lipavsky, EFFECT OF PHOSPHATE FERTILIZATION ON THE POPULATIONS OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI, Rostlinna vyroba, 41(11), 1995, pp. 533-540
The tolerance of four populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to t
he increased long-term phosphate fertilization was studied in hydropon
ic experiment with four levels of phosphate and maize as a host. The l
evels of mycorrhizal infection indicators (frequency of infection, int
ensity of infection and arbuscule abundance in the infected root) decr
eased with increased concentration of phosphate in nutrient solution.
The intensity of infection was slightly lower in treatments inoculated
with the soil overfertilized with phosphate for 10 years. The interac
tion between field fertilization and concentration of phosphate in the
nutrient solution as sources of variability was not found, indicating
the equal tolerance of populations from phosphate fertilized and unfe
rtilized soil to phosphorus. Parallel cultivation of fungal population
s in soil under two nutritional regimes, using leek as a host, showed
the significant influence of long term phosphate overfertilization to
the species composition of populations.