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Hyphal phosphorus transport, a keystone to mycorrhizal enhancement of plant growth

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Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems

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The beneficial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizas on plant growth are in most cases caused by the transfer of mineral nutrients from the fungus to its host plant. Nutrients involved are those which are transported to the plant root primarily by diffusion and phosphorus (P) is of particular interest. This is because P is not only required by the plant in relatively large amounts, but it is also strongly adsorbed to the surfaces of soil particles and therefore present in very low concentrations in the soil solution. The mycorrhizal enhancement of plant-P uptake is related to the ability of the external hyphae of the mycobiont to cross the P-depletion zone around the roots and thereby get direct access to P which would otherwise be available to the plant only via slow diffusion processes.

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Jakobsen, I., Joner, E.J., Larsen, J. (1994). Hyphal phosphorus transport, a keystone to mycorrhizal enhancement of plant growth. In: Gianinazzi, S., Schüepp, H. (eds) Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems. ALS Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8504-1_11

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