NDLI: Effects of Glomus mosseae and Rhizobium on the growth of black locust seedlings and the quality of weathered soft rock soils in the Loess Plateau, China

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Gong, Minggui Tang, Ming Chen, Hui Zhang, Qiaoming Xu, Hui Zheng, Cuili
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is a pioneer legume for afforestation in soft rock areas of the Loess Plateau, China. Our study aimed to assess the effects of Glomus mosseae and Rhizobium strain NWYC129 on the growth of black locust seedlings and the quality of weathered soft rock soils under pot conditions. Black locust seedlings could form strong symbiotic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and rhizobia. Dual inoculation with G. mosseae and Rhizobium NWYC129 had the best effects on shoot dry weight, root dry weight, shoot height, root length and stem diameters of black locust seedlings, compared with single and non-inoculation. Inoculation with G. mosseae and/or Rhizobium NWYC129 clearly enhanced the content of organic matter in weathered soft rock soils, and significantly improved the transport rate of soil phosphorus from the rhizosphere soils to plant tissue compared with non-inoculation. Treatments inoculated with Rhizobium had higher available nitrogen concentrations in weathered soft rock soils than treatments non-inoculated with Rhizobium. Dual inoculation showed the greatest activities of urease, alkaline phosphatase, invertase and catalase among the five treatments. The content of Bradford-reactive soil proteins (BRSP) was increased by inoculation with G. mosseae, and the highest contents of easily extractable Bradford-reactive soil proteins (EE-BRSP) and total Bradford-reactive soil proteins (T-BRSP) were found in weathered soft rock soils inoculated with G. mosseae and Rhizobium NWYC129 together. We conclude that dual inoculation with G. mosseae and Rhizobium NWYC129 was highly beneficial for improving the growth of black locust seedlings and the quality of weathered soft rock soils of the Loess Plateau.
Starting Page	1579
Ending Page	1586
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15904261
Journal	Annals of Microbiology
Volume Number	62
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18692044
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-01-18
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Black locust Glomus mosseae Rhizobium Weathered soft rock soil Microbial Genetics and Genomics Medical Microbiology Applied Microbiology Microbiology Microbial Ecology Fungus Genetics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in