creators_name: Gollner, Manfred
creators_name: Friedel, Jürgen
creators_name: Freyer, Bernhard
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2005-11-15
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:25:25
metadata_visibility: show
title: ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA OF WINTER WHEAT UNDER DIFFERENT DURATION OF ORGANIC FARMING
ispublished: unpub
subjects: 1soilqual
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: organic farming, field research, arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), AM fungi, long-term management 
abstract: The effect of continuous organic farming (OF) on the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) was investigated in a greenhouse pot trial. Representative soil samples were taken from 5 farms in the “Weinviertel” region, northeast of Vienna, Austria. On each farm three sites with a different duration of OF were selected for soil sampling; wheat was used as test plant. The mycorrhizal colonization (MC), root length density (RD) and the mycorrhizal colonized root length density (MD) were evaluated for the wheat roots. The majority of the wheat plants indicated an increasing MC and MD with increasing duration of OF. Based on our results we assume that a conversion period from conventional to OF of approximately 15 years is needed to establish a stable population of AMF, with all their considerable potential benefits for the host plants, and their contribution to maintaining soil fertility and structure. 
date: 2005
date_type: published
refereed: yes
citation: Gollner, Manfred; Friedel, Jürgen and Freyer, Bernhard (2005) ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA OF WINTER WHEAT UNDER DIFFERENT DURATION OF ORGANIC FARMING. Researching Sustainable Systems - International Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture, Adelaide, Australia, September 21-23, 2005. [ Unpublished, ]
document_url: http://orgprints.org/4350/3/Gollner_etal_4p_revised-ed.doc