IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jagris/v11y2021i11p1161-d682087.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Communities in the Roots of Sago Palm in Mineral and Shallow Peat Soils

Author

Listed:
  • Koki Asano

    (Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
    Program of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand)

  • Willy Vincent Anak Kagong

    (Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Malaysia)

  • Siraj Munir Bin Mohammad

    (Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Malaysia)

  • Kurumi Sakazaki

    (Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan)

  • Muhamad Syukrie Abu Talip

    (Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Malaysia)

  • Siti Sahmsiah Sahmat

    (Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Malaysia)

  • Margaret Kit Yok Chan

    (Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Sarawak, Kota Samarahan 94300, Malaysia)

  • Toshiyuki Isoi

    (Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan)

  • Mana Kano-Nakata

    (International Center for Research and Education in Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan)

  • Hiroshi Ehara

    (International Center for Research and Education in Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
    Applied Social System Institute of Asia, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan)

Abstract

Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in plant roots improve host plant growth. In this study, AMF communities in the roots of the sago palm ( Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) were investigated in mineral soil (MS) and shallow peat soil (SPS) in Sarawak, Malaysia. MS exhibited lower moisture content (MS, 38.1; SPS, 79.8%), higher pH (H 2 O) (MS, 4.6; SPS, 4.1), higher soil bulk density (MS, 1.03; SPS, 0.20 g cm −3 ), and higher nitrogen content (MS, 16.9; SPS, 2.7 kg m −3 ) than SPS at the same soil depth, while the phosphorus (P) content (Bray II) (MS, 1.6; SPS, 1.9 g P 2 O 5 m −3 ) was similar. The AMF colonization rate was significantly lower in SPS (39.2 ± 12.5%) than in MS (73.2 ± 4.6%). The higher number of AMF operational taxonomic units (OTUs) was detected by amplicon sequencing of the partial small-subunit rRNA gene (MS, 78; SPS, 50). A neighbor-joining tree of obtained OTUs revealed that they belonged to Acaulosporaceae, Ambisporaceae, Claroideoglomeraceae, Gigasporaceae, and Glomeraceae. The lower abundance and diversity of AMF in SPS are possibly caused by abiotic factors, including soil physicochemical properties. Glomus and Acaulospora species detected in SPS might have strong tolerance against acidity and high soil moisture content.

Suggested Citation

  • Koki Asano & Willy Vincent Anak Kagong & Siraj Munir Bin Mohammad & Kurumi Sakazaki & Muhamad Syukrie Abu Talip & Siti Sahmsiah Sahmat & Margaret Kit Yok Chan & Toshiyuki Isoi & Mana Kano-Nakata & Hir, 2021. "Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Communities in the Roots of Sago Palm in Mineral and Shallow Peat Soils," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:11:y:2021:i:11:p:1161-:d:682087
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1161/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/11/1161/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:11:y:2021:i:11:p:1161-:d:682087. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.