Abstract
Abstract Despite a general consent about the beneficial contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on natural ecosystems, there is an intense debate about their role in agricultural systems. In this work, soybean ( Glycine max L.) and sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.) field plots with different P availabilities were sampled across the Pampean Region of Argentina (> 150 samples from Mollisols) to characterize the relationship between available soil P and indigenous mycorrhizal colonization. A subsequent pot experiment with soybean and sunflower was carried out to evaluate the effect of P supply (0, 12, and 52 mg P kg –1 ) and AMF inoculation on AMF colonization and crop responsiveness to P in a Mollisol. Both crops showed high AMF colonization in the field (average: 55% for soybean and 44% for sunflower). While mycorrhizal colonization in soybean was significantly and negatively related to available soil P, no such trends were apparent in sunflower. Also, total biomass was 3.5 and 2.0 times higher in mycorrhizal than in nonmycorrhizal pot‐grown soybean under low‐ and medium‐P conditions, respectively. Sunflower, on the other hand, did not benefit from AMF symbiosis under medium and high P supply. While mycorrhization stimulated P‐uptake efficiency in soybean, the generally high P efficiency in sunflower was not associated with AMF symbiosis.
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Claim · model-written summary
Soybean field roots had an average 55% AMF colonization.
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e0“Both crops showed high AMF colonization in the field (average: 55% for soybean and 44% for sunflower)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower field roots had an average 44% AMF colonization.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- AMF colonizatione0
- Value
- 44%e0
- Setting
- fielde0
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e0“Both crops showed high AMF colonization in the field (average: 55% for soybean and 44% for sunflower)”
Claim · model-written summary
Soybean mycorrhizal colonization was significantly negatively related to available soil phosphorus.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Interactor
- mycorrhizale0symbiont
- Compound
- available soil Pe0
- Outcome
- mycorrhizal colonizatione0
- Direction
- negativelye0
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e0“mycorrhizal colonization in soybean was significantly and negatively related to available soil P”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower colonization showed no apparent trend with available soil phosphorus.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Compound
- available soil Pe0
- Outcome
- trendse0
- Direction
- no such trendse0
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e0“While mycorrhizal colonization in soybean was significantly and negatively related to available soil P, no such trends were apparent in sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal soybean had 3.5 times the biomass of nonmycorrhizal soybean under low phosphorus.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- mycorrhizale0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizale0symbiont
- Outcome
- total biomasse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 3.5e0
- Qualifier
- low‐e0
- Comparator
- nonmycorrhizale0
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e0“total biomass was 3.5 and 2.0 times higher in mycorrhizal than in nonmycorrhizal pot‐grown soybean under low‐ and medium‐P conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal soybean had 2.0 times the biomass of nonmycorrhizal soybean under medium phosphorus.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- mycorrhizale0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizale0symbiont
- Outcome
- total biomasse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.0e0
- Qualifier
- medium‐Pe0
- Comparator
- nonmycorrhizale0
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e0“total biomass was 3.5 and 2.0 times higher in mycorrhizal than in nonmycorrhizal pot‐grown soybean under low‐ and medium‐P conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower did not benefit from AMF symbiosis under medium phosphorus supply.
- Taxon
- Sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Treatment
- AMF symbiosise0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- benefite0
- Direction
- did not benefite0
- Qualifier
- mediume0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Sunflower, on the other hand, did not benefit from AMF symbiosis under medium and high P supply”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower did not benefit from AMF symbiosis under high phosphorus supply.
- Taxon
- Sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Treatment
- AMF symbiosise0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- benefite0
- Direction
- did not benefite0
- Qualifier
- high P supplye0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Sunflower, on the other hand, did not benefit from AMF symbiosis under medium and high P supply”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhization stimulated soybean phosphorus uptake efficiency.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- mycorrhizatione0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizatione0symbiont
- Outcome
- P‐uptake efficiencye0
- Direction
- stimulatede0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“mycorrhization stimulated P‐uptake efficiency in soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower had generally high phosphorus efficiency that was not associated with AMF symbiosis.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- P efficiencye0
- Direction
- not associatede0
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e0“generally high P efficiency in sunflower was not associated with AMF symbiosis”
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