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dc.contributor.authorHetrick, B. A. D.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, G. W. T.
dc.contributor.authorOwensby, C. E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T02:37:44Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T02:37:44Z
dc.date.issued1990-07-01
dc.identifier.citationHetrick, B. A. D., Wilson, G. W. T., & Owensby, C. E. (1990). Mycorrhizal influences on big bluestem rhizome regrowth and clipping tolerance. Journal of Range Management, 43(4), 286-290.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3898918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/644898
dc.description.abstractMycorrhizal symbiosis is critical to growth of many warm-season prairie grass seedlings, but its effect on regrowth of rhizomes has not been determined. As forage species, the effect of grazing on the symbiosis is also important. when the impact of mycorrhizae on regrowth of Andropogon gerardii Vit. rhizomes was assessed, A. gerardii rhizomes collected from the field and grown with mycorrhizal inoculum produced larger plants than rhizomes grown in the absence of the symbiont. The effect of the symbiosis on clipping (simulated grazing) tolerance was quantified by growing A. gerardii in steamed or nonsterile prairie soil, with or without mycorrhizal fungus inoculation. Plants were clipped and a portion of the plants harvested at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 30 weeks after planting. As an additional control, Benomyl fungicide was applied to plants to inhibit the symbiosis. Mycorrhizal clipped plants were larger than nonmycorrhizal clipped plants, but the difference diminished with successive clippings. Mycorrhizal root colonization also decreased in response to repeated clipping. Maximum shoot and root biomass of mycorrhizal plants was produced at 12 and 18 weeks, respectiveIy. Fungicide-treated plants did not grow appreciably after the fit clipping. Thus, mycorrhizae improved clipping tolerance, but with repeated intensive clipping, significant changes in root/shoot ratio occurred and eventually mycorrhizal root colonization and growth benefit were lost.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
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dc.subjectvesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
dc.subjectshoot pruning
dc.subjectrhizomes
dc.subjectcolonizing ability
dc.subjectsymbiosis
dc.subjectshoots
dc.subjectAndropogon gerardii
dc.subjectregrowth
dc.subjectgrowth rate
dc.subjectcrop yield
dc.subjectgrazing
dc.subjectforage
dc.titleMycorrhizal influences on big bluestem rhizome regrowth and clipping tolerance
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume43
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.beginpage286-290
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-24T02:37:44Z


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