Environmental Science and Pollution Research

, Volume 22, Issue 12, pp 8919–8926 | Cite as

Grain yield and arsenic uptake of upland rice inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in As-spiked soils

  • Fuyong Wu
  • Junli Hu
  • Shengchun Wu
  • Ming Hung Wong
Bioavailability - the underlying basis for Risk Based Land Management
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Abstract

A pot trial was conducted to investigate the effects of three arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi species, including Glomus geosporum BGC HUN02C, G. versiforme BGC GD01B, and G. mosseae BGC GD01A, on grain yield and arsenic (As) uptake of upland rice (Zhonghan 221) in As-spiked soils. Moderate levels of AM colonization (24.1–63.1 %) were recorded in the roots of upland rice, and up to 70 mg kg−1 As in soils did not seem to inhibit mycorrhizal colonization. Positive mycorrhizal growth effects in grain, husk, straw, and root of the upland rice, especially under high level (70 mg kg−1) of As in soils, were apparent. Although the effects varied among species of AM fungi, inoculation of AM fungi apparently enhanced grain yield of upland rice without increasing grain As concentrations in As-spiked soils, indicating that AM fungi could alleviate adverse effects on the upland rice caused by As in soils. The present results also show that mycorrhizal inoculation significantly (p < 0.05) decreased As concentrations in husk, straw, and root in soils added with 70 mg kg−1 As. The present results suggest that AM fungi are able to mitigate the adverse effects with enhancing rice production when growing in As-contaminated soils.

Keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Rice Arsenic contamination Agro-products safety 
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Acknowledgment

The present project was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (HKBU-203011), the Special Equipment Grant of RGC (SEG HKBU09), and the Mini-AoE (Area of excellence) of Hong Kong Baptist University (RC/AOE/08-09/01).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Fuyong Wu
    • 1
    • 2
    • 4
  • Junli Hu
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  • Shengchun Wu
    • 2
    • 4
  • Ming Hung Wong
    • 2
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Environmental and Municipal EngineeringHenan University of Urban ConstructionPingdingshanPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, and Department of BiologyHong Kong Baptist UniversityHong KongPeople’s Republic of China
  3. 3.State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil ScienceChinese Academy of SciencesNanjingPeople’s Republic of China
  4. 4.Joint Open Laboratory of Soil and the EnvironmentHong Kong Baptist University & Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of SciencesNanjingPeople’s Republic of China

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