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DOI 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.017
Titel (primär) Impacts of earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus intraradices) on plant performance are not interrelated
Autor Eisenhauer, N.; König, S.; Sabais, A.C.W.; Renker, C.; Buscot, F.; Scheu, S.
Quelle Soil Biology & Biochemistry
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
Department BOOEK
Band/Volume 41
Heft 3
Seite von 561
Seite bis 567
Sprache englisch
Keywords Aporrectodea caliginosa; d15N; Grassland; Lumbricus terrestris; Soil organism interactions; The Jena Experiment
Abstract Earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) might interactively impact plant productivity; however, previous studies reported inconsistent results. We set up a three-factorial greenhouse experiment to study the effects of earthworms (Aporrectodea caliginosa Savigny and Lumbricus terrestris L.) and AMF (Glomus intraradices N.C. Schenck & G.S. Sm.) on the performance (productivity and shoot nutrient content) of plant species (Lolium perenne L., Trifolium pratense L. and Plantago lanceolata L.) belonging to the three functional groups grasses, legumes and herbs, respectively. Further, we investigated earthworm performance and plant root mycorrhization as affected by the treatments. Our results accentuate the importance of root derived resources for earthworm performance since earthworm weight (A. caliginosa and L. terrestris) and survival (L. terrestris) were significantly lower in microcosms containing P. lanceolata than in those containing T. pratense. However, earthworm performance was not affected by AMF, and plant root mycorrhization was not modified by earthworms. Although AMF effectively competed with T. pratense for soil N (as indicated by d15N analysis), AMF enhanced the productivity of T. pratense considerably by improving P availability. Remarkably, we found no evidence for interactive effects of earthworms and AMF on the performance of the plant species studied. This suggests that interactions between earthworms and AMF likely are of minor importance.
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Eisenhauer, N., König, S., Sabais, A.C.W., Renker, C., Buscot, F., Scheu, S. (2009):
Impacts of earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus intraradices) on plant performance are not interrelated
Soil Biol. Biochem. 41 (3), 561 - 567 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.017