IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 17058: AMF Inoculum Enhances Crop Yields of Zea mays L. & lsquo;Chenghai No. 618 & rsquo; and Glycine max L. & lsquo;Zhonghuang No. 17 & rsquo; without Disturbing Native Fugal Communities in Coal Mine Dump

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 17058: AMF Inoculum Enhances Crop Yields of Zea mays L. ‘Chenghai No. 618’ and Glycine max L. ‘Zhonghuang No. 17’ without Disturbing Native Fugal Communities in Coal Mine Dump International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph192417058 Authors: Kun Wang Yinli Bi Jiayu Zhang Shaopeng Ma For the agricultural development of dumps, increase in land use efficiency and protection of food security, to verify the safety, efficacy and sustainability of field-applied arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculum, and to exclude the risk of potential biological invasion, in this study, we determined the effect of AMF inoculation and intercropping patterns (maize–soybean) on the temporal dynamics of soil parameters, native AMF communities and crop yields. AMF communities were analyzed using Illumina MiSeq. A total of 448 AMF operational taxonomic units (OTUs) belonging to six genera and nine families were identified. AMF inoculation treatment significantly improved the yield of intercropping maize and increased the content of available phosphorus. AMF diversity was significantly influenced by cropping pattern and growth stage, but not by the inoculation treatment. Inoculation altered the AMF community composition in the early growth stage and facilitated a more complex AMF network in the early and late growth stages. These results indicate that AMF inoculation affec...
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