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Title: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in microbial activity and aggregation of a cerrado oxisol in crop sequence
Other Titles: Fungo micorrízico arbuscular na atividade microbiana e agregação de um Latossolo Vermelho de Cerrado submetido às sucessões de culturas
Keywords: Microbial carbon
Acid phosphatase
Mean geometric diameter
Mean weight diameter
Soil structure
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2014
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Lavras
Citation: VILELA, L. A. F. et al. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in microbial activity and aggregation of a cerrado oxisol in crop sequence. Ciência e Agrotecnologia, Lavras, v. 38, n. 1, p.34-42, Jan./Feb. 2014.
Abstract: Soil structure has major influence on ecosystem sustainability and plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are an important functional group of soil microbiota, acting in the process of aggregation, especially in agroecosystems and related to the production and plant diversity. AMF are widely distributed in tropical agroecosystems and are extremely important for development of many agricultural crops. The present study evaluated the effect of inoculation with Glomus macrocarpum in different crop sequences on plant growth, microbial activity and aggregation of a Cerrado Oxisol. The study was conducted in a completely randomized design in a4 x 4 factorial scheme. Treatments consisted of four conditions of elimination and/or introduction of AMF (NS-NI: non-sterilized and non-inoculated; NS-I: non-sterilized and inoculated; S-NI: sterilized and non-inoculated; andS-I: sterilized and inoculated) and four crop sequences (Panicum maximum/Panicum maximum, Brachiaria ruziziensis/ soybean, sorghum/soybean and Stylosanthes spp./soybean). Inoculation favored growth of Stylosanthes spp. by increasing plant growth in up to 91% when inoculated. None of the grasses benefited from G. macrocarpum introduction. We observed that G. macrocarpum inoculation associated with indigenous AMF increased microbial biomass, phosphatase activity, mean geometric diameter and mean weighted diameter. The results indicated the beneficial effects of inoculation, which reflected in soil structure improvement and, hence, to agroecosystems sustainability
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/10684
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