Changes in soil carbon mineralization, soil microbes, roots density and soil structure following the application of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and green algae in the arid saline soil
2020
Al-Maliki, Salwan | Ebreesum, Hamza
Evaluation of the potential mechanisms that link arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and green algae to carbon mineralization is highly fundamental under saline arid land since a deep vision into these interrelationships might lead to improvements in soil quality, carbon protection and the implication for a better ecosystem functioning. This study aimed to determine the interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus mosseae), algal biomass (chlamydomonas sp) and subsequent effects on carbon mineralization, bacterial biomass carbon, soil pH, roots density, large macroaggregates (>2000 μm), small macroaggregates (250–2000 μm) and microaggregates (53–250 μm) in maize crop. The general nature of the results that were significant and what they mean is sufficient. Overall, results showed that the combination of AM fungi with algae was effective and provoked carbon decomposition and soil aggregates formation by lowering pH and boosting bacterial biomass C as well as roots density which can be beneficial to soil ecology through the enhancement of the soil bio-characteristics and the potential for the corn growth promotion in the arid saline soil.
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