Insight into litter decomposition driven by nutrient demands of symbiosis system through the hypha bridge of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 5369-5378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangshi Kong ◽  
Yanyan Jia ◽  
Fuqiang Song ◽  
Kai Tian ◽  
Hong Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals The importance of litter quality for the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant litter decomposition (short communication)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.F. Leifheit ◽  
M.C. Rillig
Keyword(s):  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Litter Quality ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
C:N Ratio ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Plant Litter ◽  
Plant Litter Decomposition

AbstractArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been shown to positively and negatively affect plant litter decomposition. The use of litter types with different quality and different observation periods might be responsible for these contradictory results. Therefore, we performed a 10-week laboratory experiment with 7 litter types differing in their C:N ratio, and tested for effects of litter quality and the presence of AMF on litter decomposition. We found that decomposition of plant litter with higher C:N ratios was only beginning and was stimulated by AMF, whereas decomposition of plant litter with lower C:N ratios had already progressed and was decreased by AMF. With this study we show that not only litter quality is important for effects of AMF on litter decomposition, but also the stage of litter decomposition.

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