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Uptake of cadmium from an experimentally contaminated calcareous soil by arbuscular mycorrhizal maize ( Zea mays L.)

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Abstract

We investigated uptake of Cd by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) maize inoculated with Glomus mosseae from a low-P sandy calcareous soil in two glasshouse experiments. Plants grew in pots containing two compartments, one for root and hyphal growth and one for hyphal development only. Three levels of Cd (0, 25 and 100 mg kg–1) and two of P (20 and 60 mg kg–1) were applied separately to the two compartments to assess hyphal uptake of Cd. Neither Cd nor P addition inhibited root colonization by the AM fungus, but Cd depressed plant biomass. Mycorrhizal colonization, P addition and increasing added Cd level led to lower Cd partitioning to the shoots. Plant P uptake was enhanced by mycorrhizal colonization at all Cd levels studied. When Cd was added to the plant compartment and P to the hyphal compartment, plant biomass increased with AM colonization and the mycorrhizal effect was more pronounced with increasing Cd addition. When P was added to the plant compartment and Cd to the hyphal compartment, plant biomass was little affected by AM colonization, but shoot Cd uptake was increased by colonization at the low Cd addition rate (25 mg kg–1) and lowered at the higher Cd rate (100 mg kg–1) but with no difference in root Cd uptake. These effects may have been due to immobilization of Cd by the fungal mycelium or effects of the AM fungus on rhizosphere physicochemical conditions and are discussed in relation to possible phytostabilization of contaminated sites by AM plants.

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We thank the Major State Basic Research Development Program of the People’s Republic of China (Project G1999011808) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 40071050) for financial support, and two anonymous referees for their very helpful comments on the manuscript.

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Chen, B.D., Liu, Y., Shen, H. et al. Uptake of cadmium from an experimentally contaminated calcareous soil by arbuscular mycorrhizal maize ( Zea mays L.). Mycorrhiza 14, 347–354 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-003-0281-2

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Keywords

  • Cadmium contamination
  • Phosphorus nutrition
  • Soil remediation
  • Phytostabilization
  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza