TY - JOUR AU - Nogales, Amaia AU - Cortés, Amparo AU - Velianos, Konstantinos AU - Camprubí, Amelia AU - Estaún, Victoria AU - Calvet, Cinta PY - 2012/03/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Plantago lanceolata growth and Cr uptake after mycorrhizal inoculation in a Cr amended substrate JF - Agricultural and Food Science JA - AFSci VL - 21 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.23986/afsci.5007 UR - https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/5007 SP - 72-79 AB - <p>Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from two chromium contaminated sites, one with 275 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> of Cr (zone A) and the other with 550 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> Cr (zone B), were multiplied and tentatively identified. The effect of both fungal consortia on <em>Plantago lanceolata </em>plant growth in a substrate amended with 200 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> of Cr and with 400 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> Cr was assessed and compared with the growth of plants inoculated with <em>Glomus intraradices</em> BEG72. Only the plants inoculated with <em>G. intraradices</em> BEG72 and with the fungal consortia obtained from the area with a high Cr contamination (zone B) grew in the soil with 400 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> of Cr. The consortia of fungi from zone B, decreased the plant’s uptake/translocation of the heavy metal compared with <em>G. intraradices</em> BEG72. These results underscore the differential effect of AM fungi in conferring bioprotection in Cr contaminated soils.</p> ER -