Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
1999
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
Department
Horticulture
Committee Chair
Joseph Morton.
Abstract
Relative effectiveness of ten species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi native to a revegetated coal strip mine site was tested on red clover against a non-mycorrhizal control and against inocula of two commercial isolates. Most (70%) of the isolated species in a native fungal community were as effective at promoting growth as commercial isolates. The net benefit of native colonizing fungi likely was positive, since the majority of the fungi colonizing two-year-old apple and grape in the field also were effective symbionts. The relationship between colonization and sporulation was compared among one Acaulospora , two Glomus, one Gigaspora, and one Scutellospora species on red clover. Threshold levels of colonization at which sporulation was initiated ranged from 10% ( G. etunicatum) to a maximum of 30% (Gi. gigantea, S. heterogama ).
Recommended Citation
Fleming, Kelly Marie, "Functional diversity and life history traits of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in disturbed soils" (1999). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 1026.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/1026