dc.contributor.author | Wilkes, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Warner, Douglas | |
dc.contributor.author | Edmonds-Brown, Veronica | |
dc.contributor.author | Davies, Keith | |
dc.contributor.author | Denholm, Ian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-30T00:12:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-30T00:12:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wilkes , T , Warner , D , Edmonds-Brown , V , Davies , K & Denholm , I 2021 , ' Zero Tillage Systems Conserve Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Enhancing Soil Glomalin and Water Stable Aggregates with Implications for Soil Stability ' , Soil Systems , vol. 5 , no. 1 , 4 . https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems5010004 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9136-9713/work/87789491 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-6060-2394/work/87789571 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-9797-874X/work/87789576 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/23812 | |
dc.description.abstract | Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form mutualistic symbiotic relationships with approximately 80% of terrestrial plant species, while producing the glycoprotein glomalin as a structural support molecule along their mycelial network. Glomalin confers two benefits for soils: (1) acting as a carbon and nitrogen storage molecule; (2) the binding of soil microaggregates (<250 m) to form larger, more stable structures. The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that a correlation between glomalin and soil aggregation exists and that this is influenced by the method of seedbed preparation. The soils from two crops of winter wheat in Hertfordshire, UK, practising either conventional (20 cm soil inversion) or zero tillage exclusively, were sampled in a 50 m grid arrangement over a 12 month period. Glomalin and water stable aggregates (WSA) were quantified for each soil sample and found to be significantly greater in zero tillage soils compared to those of conventional tillage. A stronger correlation between WSA and glomalin was observed in zero tillage (Pearson’s coeffect 0.85) throughout the cropping year compared to conventional tillage (Pearson’s coeffect 0.07). The present study was able to conclude that zero tillage systems are beneficial for AM fungi, the enhancement of soil glomalin and soil erosion mitigation. | en |
dc.format.extent | 13 | |
dc.format.extent | 1705834 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Soil Systems | |
dc.subject | Tillage | |
dc.subject | glomalin | |
dc.subject | zero till | |
dc.subject | conventional till | |
dc.subject | water stable aggregates | |
dc.subject | Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) | |
dc.title | Zero Tillage Systems Conserve Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Enhancing Soil Glomalin and Water Stable Aggregates with Implications for Soil Stability | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Life and Medical Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | Agriculture and Environment Research Unit | |
dc.contributor.institution | Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management Research | |
dc.contributor.institution | Water and Environment | |
dc.contributor.institution | Geography, Environment and Agriculture | |
dc.contributor.institution | Ecology | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science | |
dc.contributor.institution | Crop Protection and Climate Change | |
dc.contributor.institution | Agriculture and Environmental Management Research | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.3390/soilsystems5010004 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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