2015 Volume 41 Issue 1 Pages 27-32
Colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, glomalin related soil protein, total carbon, and total nitrogen in soil of five coastal plants were examined in Tottori sand dunes. As the result, colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of Elaeagnus umbellate and Artemisia capillaries was relatively high, whereas the colonization of Carex koboumugi was low, showing that mycorrhizal colonization was different among the plants species growing even in the same area. The glomalin related soil protein of C. koboumugi was lower and it was thought to be due to the low mycorrhizal colonization. Glomalin related soil protein in soil had significant and positive correlation with total N in soil, indicating that the soil protein produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have relationship with the soil nitrogen in coastal area.
