Positive effects of organic farming on below-ground mutualists: large-scale comparison of mycorrhizal fungal communities in agricultural soils

The impact of various agricultural practices on soil biodiversity and, in particular, on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), is still poorly understood, although AMF can provide benefit to plants and ecosystems. Here, we tested whether organic farming enhances AMF diversity and whether AMF communiti...

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Published in:	The New phytologist Vol. 186; no. 4; pp. 968 - 979
Main Authors:	Verbruggen, Erik, Röling, Wilfred F. M., Gamper, Hannes A., Kowalchuk, George A., Verhoef, Herman A., van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2010 Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Agricultural ecosystems Agricultural land Agricultural management Agricultural practices agricultural soils Agriculture Agriculture - methods Agroecosystems analysis Arable land arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Arbuscular mycorrhizas below-ground mutualism Biodiversity Community composition community structure Composition Corn Crop management Crop rotation Crops, Agricultural Crops, Agricultural - growth & development Crops, Agricultural - microbiology Ecological sustainability Ecosystem Ecosystem management Ecosystems Fields Fingerprinting fungal communities Fungi Grasslands growth & development methods microbiology Mycorrhizae Mycorrhizae - physiology mycorrhizal fungi organic agriculture Organic farming Organic foods organic production physiology Plants Poaceae Poaceae - microbiology Polymorphism Principal Component Analysis Restoration Restriction fragment length polymorphism Sandy soils Soil Soil - analysis soil biodiversity Soil Microbiology species diversity Species Specificity Strategic management Sustainable agriculture Symbiosis Symbiosis - physiology terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) Time Factors β-diversity
ISSN:	0028-646X, 1469-8137, 1469-8137
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