Plantago lanceolata growth and Cr uptake after mycorrhizal inoculation in a Cr amended substrate
2012
Nogales, Amaia | Cortés, Amparo | Velianos, Konstantinos | Camprubi, Amelia | Estaún, Victoria | Bover-Cid, Sara | Producció Vegetal | Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from two chromium contaminated sites, one with 275 mg kg-1 of Cr (zone A) and the other with 550 mg kg-1 Cr (zone B), were multiplied and tentatively identified. The effect of both fungal consortia on Plantago lanceolata plant growth in a substrate amended with 200 mg kg-1 of Cr and with 400 mg kg-1 Cr was assessed and compared with the growth of plants inoculated with Glomus intraradices BEG72. Only the plants inoculated with G. intraradices BEG72 and with the fungal consortia obtained from the area with a high Cr contamination (zone B) grew in the soil with 400 mg kg-1 of Cr. The consortia of fungi from zone B, decreased the plant’s uptake/translocation of the heavy metal compared with G. intraradices BEG72. These results underscore the differential effect of AM fungi in conferring bioprotection in Cr contaminated soils
Show more [+] Less [-]This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) grant CGL2006-05648/BOS. The authors are grateful to COST Action 870 for providing financial support for K. Velianos within the framework of a STSM.
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