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Facilitation of phosphate assimilation by aquatic mycorrhizae of Vallisneria americana Michx

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Presence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi was found to enhance phosphate uptake in the submersed plant Vallisneria americana compared with plants treated with a fungicidal medium (i.e., Captan). Incorporation of 33Porthophosphate into root tissue in short-term incubations was over 85% greater for plants with active mycorrhizae. In addition, we measured a fine-scale iron gradient and elevated concentrations of solid-phase phosphate in the extensive sheath surrounding the roots. The coupling of fungal symbionts with phosphorus storage in the sheath may be an important mechanism of phosphate assimilation in submersed aquatic macrophytes. Contrary to the effect on phosphate uptake, we did not find that 15NH4 assimilation by Vallisneria americanaroots was enhanced by the presence of the mycorrhizal association.

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Wigand, C., Court Stevenson, J. (1997). Facilitation of phosphate assimilation by aquatic mycorrhizae of Vallisneria americana Michx. In: Kufel, L., Prejs, A., Rybak, J.I. (eds) Shallow Lakes ’95. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5648-6_4

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