Accumulation in nutrient acquisition strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots in poor and heterogeneous soils of karst shrub ecosystems

Abstract Background Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and roots play important roles in plant nutrient acquisition, especially in nutrient poor and heterogeneous soils. However, whether an accumulation strategy of AM fungi and root exists in such soils of karst shrubland ecosystems remains unclear....

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Main Authors: Yueming Liang, Fujing Pan, Zhongcheng Jiang, Qiang Li, Junbing Pu, Kunping Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03514-y