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Arbuscular mycorrhizas reduce nitrogen loss via leaching.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Asghari Hamid R, Cavagnaro Timothy R
Abstract excerpt
The capacity of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal root systems to reduce nitrate (NO₃⁻) and ammonium (NH₄⁺) loss from soils via leaching was investigated in a microcosm-based study. A mycorrhiza defective tomato mutant and its mycorrhizal wildtype progenitor were used in this experiment in order to avoid the indirect effects of establishing non-mycorrhizal control treatments on soil nitrogen cycling and the wider...
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