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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Griffioen, W. A. J.;
Ietswaart, J. H.;
Ernst, W. H. O. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands |
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| Title: | Mycorrhizal infection of an Agrostis capillaris population on a copper contaminated soil |
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| Source: | Plant and Soil. Vol. 158, No. 1, January 1994, p. 83-89. |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Publishing Information: | Dordrecht, Netherland: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
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| Related Web URL: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00007920
Last checked: 10/14/2015
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis tenuis; Copper mine wastes; Mine soils; Mycorrhizal fungi; Cadmium; Zinc; Copper
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| Abstract/Contents: | "To investigate the possible natural development of heavy metal tolerance in VA-mycorrhizal fungi, plants of Agrostis capillaris from an uncontaminated, a copper-contaminated and a zinc/cadmium-contaminated area were examined for VA-mycorrhizal infection. During a period of 5 years (1987 to 1991) the plants of the copper-tolerant population were hardly infected, whereas the population on the uncontaminated soil showed a mean infection of nearly 60% and the zinc/cadmium-tolerant population of 40%. A detailed analysis of the surroundings of the copper-enriched site revealed the presence of VA-mycorrhizal fungi and a negative correlation between the infection rate of A. capillaris and the copper content of the soil. In contrast to the copper-contamianted soil, the abundant presence of VA-mycorrhizal fungi in the are contaminated by zinc and cadmium indicates that these fungi have evolved a zinc and cadmium tolerance and that they may play a role in the zinc anc cadmium tolerance of A. capillaris." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 41 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Griffioen, W. A. J., J. H. Ietswaart, and W. H. O. Ernst. 1994. Mycorrhizal infection of an Agrostis capillaris population on a copper contaminated soil. Plant Soil. 158(1):p. 83-89. |
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