Actinorhizal plants of Turkey: formation of nodules, cluster roots and ectomycorrhizal roots

Ian Timothy RILEY; Eniola OLOWU; Kaddijatou JAWNEH; Müge ATLI

doi:https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.972937

Article Details

Actinorhizal plants of Turkey: formation of nodules, cluster roots and ectomycorrhizal roots

Authors:

Ian Timothy RILEY | Eniola OLOWU | Kaddijatou JAWNEH | Müge ATLI

Publisher:

Akdeniz University

Main Topics:

Agriculture

Journal:

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences 2021 Vol.34 Issue 3, pp.307-313

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000544830

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2528-9675

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.972937

Abstract:

 

None of the known native actinorhizal species in Turkey, Alnus glutinosa and A. orientalis (Betulaceae), Datisca cannabina (Datiscaceae), Elaeagnus angustifolia and Hippophae rhamnoides (Elaeagnaceae), and the widely-planted exotic Casuarina cunninghamiana (Casuarinaceae), have confirmed records of actinorhizae in Turkey. This study determined the capacity of representative actinorhizal plants in Turkey to form nodules, cluster roots and ectomycorrhizal roots in a typical central Anatolian soil with and without amendment of soil and nodule extracts, as well as in soil from Adana and Izmir. Nodulation was confirmed experimentally for E. angustifolia and C. cunninghamiana in Niğde soil (the latter only with addition Adana or Izmir soil), but only observationally for A. glutinosa during sample collection in Rize. Cluster roots developed strongly in C. cunninghamiana, and likewise ectomycorrhizal roots in Allocasuarina verticillata (included as a reference species) but only to a lesser extent in C. cunninghamiana. The nodulation status of the natives, D. cannabina and H. rhamnoides, remains to be investigated.

 


None of the known native actinorhizal species in Turkey, Alnus glutinosa and A. orientalis (Betulaceae), Datisca cannabina (Datiscaceae), Elaeagnus angustifolia and Hippophae rhamnoides (Elaeagnaceae), and the widely-planted exotic Casuarina cunninghamiana (Casuarinaceae), have confirmed records of actinorhizae in Turkey. This study determined the capacity of representative actinorhizal plants in Turkey to form nodules, cluster roots and ectomycorrhizal roots in a typical central Anatolian soil with and without amendment of soil and nodule extracts, as well as in soil from Adana and Izmir. Nodulation was confirmed experimentally for E. angustifolia and C. cunninghamiana in Niğde soil (the latter only with addition Adana or Izmir soil), but only observationally for A. glutinosa during sample collection in Rize. Cluster roots developed strongly in C. cunninghamiana, and likewise ectomycorrhizal roots in Allocasuarina verticillata (included as a reference species) but only to a lesser extent in C. cunninghamiana. The nodulation status of the natives, D. cannabina and H. rhamnoides, remains to be investigated.

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Article Details

Actinorhizal plants of Turkey: formation of nodules, cluster roots and ectomycorrhizal roots

Authors: Ian Timothy RILEY | Eniola OLOWU | Kaddijatou JAWNEH | Müge ATLI

Publisher: Akdeniz University

Main Topics: Agriculture

Journal: Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences 2021 Vol.34 Issue 3, pp.307-313

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2021

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000544830

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2528-9675

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.972937

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Authors:

Ian Timothy RILEY | Eniola OLOWU | Kaddijatou JAWNEH | Müge ATLI

Publisher:

Akdeniz University

Main Topics:

Agriculture

Journal:

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences 2021 Vol.34 Issue 3, pp.307-313

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000544830

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2528-9675

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.972937