Nutrient and carbon dioxide release by interacting species of straw-decomposing fungi

Clare H. Robinson, J. Dighton, Juliet C. Frankland, P. A. Coward

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    Abstract

    Pairs of fungi were incubated on wheat straw in microcosms for 10 weeks. Release of Na+, K+ and NH4+-N was similar from all combinations, but Ca2+, Mg2+ and PO43--P release depended on the species. In Agrocybe gibberosa/Chaetomium globosum and Sphaerobolus stellatus/Chaetomium globosum combinations, there was evidence of interactions which suppressed the predicted rate of phosphate release, and in all the mixed species combinations there were interactions which increased the rate of fungal respiration above that of the more combative fungus in pure culture. ei]{gnR}{fnMerckx} © 1993 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)139-142
    Number of pages3
    JournalPlant and Soil
    Volume151
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 1993

    Keywords

    • decomposition
    • fungal interactions
    • nutrients
    • respiration
    • straw

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