Fungi in century old managed soils could hold key to the development of soil water repellency

Iain M. Young; Deborah S. Feeney; Anthony G. O'Donnell; Keith W. T. Goulding

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.10.007

Fungi in century old managed soils could hold key to the development of soil water repellency

Iain M. Young^*, Deborah S. Feeney, Anthony G. O'Donnell, Keith W. T. Goulding

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Abertay University

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Abstract

We examined the impact of fungi, using the biomarkers glomalin and ergosterol, on the influence of water repellency on 15 land management treatments, sourced from century old managed arable and grassland sites. We observed strong and significant positive correlations between each of the biomarkers and water repellency. Our results suggest a generic relation between fungi and water repellency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	125-127
Number of pages	3
Journal	Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume	45
Early online date	7 Nov 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.10.007
Publication status	Published - Feb 2012

Keywords

Stability
Water repellency
Fungal biomass
Glomalin Related Soil Protein (GRSP)
Ergosterol
Land management
Soil structure

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