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Effects of VA mycorrhizal colonization on photosynthesis and biomass production of Trifolium repens L. by D. P. Wright; J. D. Scholes; D. J. Read is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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The influence of vesicular–arbuscular mycorrhizal (M) colonization on biomass production and photosynthesis of __Trifolium repens__ L. was investigated in two experiments in which the foliar nitrogen and phosphorus contents of non‐mycorrhizal (NM) plants were manipulated to be no lower than that of M plants. Throughout both experiments there was a stimulation in the rate of CO~2~ assimilation of the youngest, fully expanded leaf of M compared with NM plants. In addition, M plants exhibited a higher specific leaf area compared with NM plants, a response that maximized the area available for CO~2~ assimilation per unit of carbon (C) invested. Despite the increased rate of photosynthesis in M plants there was no evidence that the additional C gained was converted to biomass production of M plants. It is suggested that this additional C gained by colonized plants was allocated to the mycorrhizal fungus and that it is the fungus, by acting as a sink for assimilates, that facilitated the stimulation in the rate of photosynthesis of the plant partner.
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- Author
- D. P. Wright; J. D. Scholes; D. J. Read
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0140-7791)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)