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Growth Dynamics and Associated Mycorrhizal Fungi of Little Bluestem Grass [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx) Nash] on Burned and Unburned Sand Prairies
Author(s): S. S. Dhillion and R. C. Anderson
Month: Jan
Year: 1993
Journal: New Phytologist
Volume: 123
Issue: 1
Pages: 77-91
Article Topic(s): Mycorrhizae,Nutrients,Disturbance
Research Setting(s): Prairie
Species Referenced: Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem),
Abstract
The effect of fire on growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal association was studied in a sand prairie. Burned sites supported more biomass, plants with longer roots and more fungal biomass within roots. AM inoculum potentials were depressed the year of fires. Plants in burned and unburned sites also differed in inorganic nutrient concentrations.Suggested Citation
S. S. Dhillion and R. C. Anderson. "Growth Dynamics and Associated Mycorrhizal Fungi of Little Bluestem Grass [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx) Nash] on Burned and Unburned Sand Prairies." New Phytologist 123.1 (1993): 77-91.Go back