Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi : short-term liability but long-term benefits for soil carbon storage?

Erik Verbruggen; Stavros D. Veresoglou; Ian C. Anderson; Tancredi Caruso; Edith C. Hammer; Josef Kohler; Matthias C. Rillig

doi:10.1111/nph.12079

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi : short-term liability but long-term benefits for soil carbon storage?

Erik Verbruggen, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Ian C. Anderson, Tancredi Caruso, Edith C. Hammer, Josef Kohler, Matthias C. Rillig

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Abstract

The interaction between plants and mycorrhizal fungi represents a major link between atmospheric and soil-contained carbon (C). In order to estimate the fate of atmospheric CO2 under the projected increases in the upcoming century, ranging from an increase of 20% to > 200% compared with current concentrations (Pachauri & Reisinger, 2007), it is crucial to understand how plants and mycorrhizal fungi either buffer or exacerbate atmospheric CO2 rises through their effects on soil C sequestration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	366-368
Number of pages	3
Journal	New Phytologist
Volume	197
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12079
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

carbon dioxide
carbon sequestration
decomposition
soils
vesicular, arbuscular mycorrhizas

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