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Effect of Eucalyptus camaldulensis amendment on soil chemical properties, enzymatic activity, Acacia species growth and roots symbioses

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This study aimed to test the effect of Eucalyptus litter on growth, roots symbioses status and nutrition of Sahelian acacia’s seedlings. Sangalkam sandy soil was amended with two levels (1 and 5 %) of Eucalyptus litter. As control of the effect of litter addition, sandy soil was amended with 1 and 5 % of maize litter. In addition, a control without amendment was established to highlight any changes caused by amendments. Eucalyptus litter impact on A. senegal, A. seyal and A. albida was determined by comparing plants grown in amended treatments to plants grown in both control treatments. Results indicated that Eucalyptus litter leads to changes in soil pH and phenol content. These changes negatively affect plant growth, their symbiotic status (mycorrhization, nodulation), and their nutrition (leaf chlorophyll content, total carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus in shoots). Likewise, soil enzymatic activities were modified. Acid phosphatase was higher in Eucalyptus litter amended soil than in control while alkaline phosphatase was higher in control soil than in Eucalyptus litter amended soil. Positive correlations were recorded between roots symbioses and shoots mineral content suggesting that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and N-fixing symbiosis promote mineral uptake and storage in leaves. However, polyphenolic content of added litter was negatively linked to roots symbioses and growth of tested acacias. Results showed also, Eucalyptus litter impact on acacias growth was genotype and dose dependent.

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to AIRES-Sud 7212 Project (French Ministery of European and foreign affairs) for sponsoring this research. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Claire Marsden, Mary-Cathrine C. E. Leewis and Ndjido Kane for their comments and suggestions to this manuscript. The first author is indebted to Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and U3E Project for granting scholarship to pursue his PhD study in Morocco and France. I am also grateful to Emile Agbangba CODJO for statistical analyses.

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  1. Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, BP 1386, CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal

    Abdoulaye Soumare & Ibrahima Ndoye

  2. Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM, IRDA/ISRA/UCAD), Bel-Air, BP 1386, CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal

    Abdoulaye Soumare & Ibrahima Ndoye

  3. Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Laboratoire National de Recherche pour les Productions Végétales / Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM, IRDA/ISRA/UCAD), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Route des hydrocarbures, BP 3120, Dakar, Senegal

    Saliou Fall

  4. Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Section Production Végétale et Agronomie, UFR S2ATA, BP 234, Saint-Louis, Sénégal

    Anicet Manga

  5. Laboratoire Ecologie & Environnement (Unité associée au CNRST, URAC 32), Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco

    Mohamed Hafidi

  6. IRD. UMR 113 CIRAD/IRD/SUPAGRO/UM2/USC INRA. Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), TA-82/j, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Robin Duponnois

  7. Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), 1386, Dakar, Sénégal

    Ibrahima Ndoye

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Soumare, A., Manga, A., Fall, S. et al. Effect of Eucalyptus camaldulensis amendment on soil chemical properties, enzymatic activity, Acacia species growth and roots symbioses. Agroforest Syst 89, 97–106 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-014-9744-z

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