Mycorrhizal dependency of a representative plant species in Mediterranean shrublands (Lavandula spica L.) as a key factor to its use for revegetation strategies in …

R Azcón, JM Barea - Applied Soil Ecology, 1997 - Elsevier
Lavender plants (Lavandula spp.) are small woody shrubs which belong to the natural
succession in certain plant communities of semiarid mediterranean ecosystems in the …

Some Mediterranean plant species (Lavandula spp. and Thymus satureioides) act as potential 'plant nurses' for the early growth of Cupressus atlantica

L Ouahmane, R Duponnois, M Hafidi, M Kisa… - Plant Ecology, 2006 - Springer
The mycorrhizal status of several representative shrub species (Lavandula spp. and Thymus
satureioides) in Moroccan semiarid ecosystems, was evaluated as well as their contribution …

Analysis of the mycorrhizal potential in the rhizosphere of representative plant species from desertification-threatened Mediterranean shrublands

C Azcón-Aguilar, J Palenzuela, A Roldán, S Bautista… - Applied Soil …, 2003 - Elsevier
An evaluation of the mycorrhizal status of desertification-threatened ecosystems has been
recommended as a first step in rehabilitation/restoration approaches based on revegetation …

Seasonal patterns of root-surface phosphatase activities in a Mediterranean shrubland. Responses to experimental warming and drought

J Sardans, J Peñuelas, M Estiarte - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2007 - Springer
Mediterranean ecosystems are water limited and the current general circulation Models
(GCM) and ecophysiological models forecast a warming and a further increase of drought in …

Lavandula species as accompanying plants in Cupressus replanting strategies: Effect on plant growth, mycorrhizal soil infectivity and soil microbial catabolic diversity

L Ouahmane, M Hafidi, C Plenchette, M Kisa… - Applied Soil …, 2006 - Elsevier
The general objective of this study was to measure the mycorrhizal dependencies of
Cupressus and Lavandula species, to assess the contribution of Lavandula species to the …

Plantago lanceolata L. and Rumex acetosella L. differ in their utilisation of soil phosphorus fractions

AM Fransson, IM van Aarle, PA Olsson, G Tyler - Plant and Soil, 2003 - Springer
To establish relationships between soil phosphorus (P) fractions and leaf P, a mycorrhizal
species (Plantago lanceolata L.) was compared with a typically non-mycorrhizal species …

Mycorrhizal community structure, microbial biomass P and phosphatase activities under Salix polaris as influenced by nutrient availability

K Hrynkiewicz, C Baum, P Leinweber - European Journal of Soil Biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Low supply of the nutrients nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) limit plant growth and
spreading, and increase the plant-microbial nutrient competition in subarctic and arctic …

Plant growth responses in natural acidic soil as affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and phosphorus sources

R Rubio, F Borie, C Schalchli, C Castillo… - Journal of plant …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of arbuscular-mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Glomus etunicatum inoculation in
interaction with two sources of phosphorus (P)[soluble P and partially acidulated phosphate …

Establishment of shrub species in a degraded semiarid site after inoculation with native or allochthonous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

F Caravaca, JM Barea, J Palenzuela, D Figueroa… - Applied Soil …, 2003 - Elsevier
The re-establishment of native shrub species in the Mediterranean basin serves to restore
the characteristic biodiversity and to prevent the processes of erosion and desertification in …

Plant growth responses to vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhiza v. phosphate uptake by three plant species from p‐deficient soils labelled with 32p

B Mosse, DS Hayman, DJ Arnold - New Phytologist, 1973 - Wiley Online Library
The uptake of phosphorus from 32P‐labelled soil solution by three plant species, with and
without mycorrhiza, was measured. All soils contained very little CaCl2‐and NaHCO3 …