Formononetin stimulates mycorrhizal fungi colonization on the surface of active root nodules in soybean
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- 作者：Jacqueline Savana da Silva ; Teotonio Soares de Carvalho…
- 关键词：Glycine max ; Biostimulant ; Nodule colonization ; Root symbiosis ; Nitrogen fixation ; Mycorrhiza
- 刊名：Symbiosis
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：71
- 期：1
- 页码：27-34
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- 刊物主题：Evolutionary Biology; Developmental Biology; Microbiology; Plant Sciences; Ecology;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1878-7665
- 卷排序：71
文摘
The symbiosis of Leguminosae with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and N2-fixing nodulating bacteria (NFNB) can occur simultaneously, forming a tripartite symbiosis. In particular, AMF can colonize root nodules, although this interaction is not yet well elucidated, especially with regard to nodule activity and to the influence of external factors, such as biostimulants. In this study, we hypothesized that the application of the flavonoid formononetin, used to stimulate root colonization by native AMF, increases the AMF colonization of soybean (Glycine max) root nodules, especially under low availability of phosphorus (P). To test this hypothesis, we performed a field experiment in randomized blocks in a 4 × 3 factorial design, with 4 treatments of formononetin (0, 0.46, 0.92 and 1.84 g per kg seed) and 3 of P (0, 60 and 120 kg ha−1) with 5 replicates. Nodules and roots were collected during the R2 stage (full flowering) and evaluated with respect to AMF colonization. Formononetin stimulated mycorrhizal fungi colonization of active nodules, especially when no P was applied, as also observed for AMF root colonization; however, it had no effect with 60 and 120 kg P ha−1. Thus, the application of formononetin increases surface AMF colonization of active nodules and roots, but its effect disappears with an increase in P and the inactivity of the nodule.