The AMF also influence soil structure by binding and enmeshing soil particles into macroaggregates (>250 [micro]m) and by producing
glomalin (Rill ig and Mummey 2006; Treseder and Turner 2007).
The GRSP (easily extractable
glomalin EEG; total
glomalin - TG) in three different classes of aggregates (C1, C2, and C3), as well as the average of the three classes in each area, can be visualized in Table 5.
Singh, "Role of
glomalin related soil protein produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a review," Agricultural Science Research Journal, vol.
These accrued results provide strong support in favour of
glomalin as a potential soil conditioner that holds promise in perennial fruits.
Glomalin as a stable glycoprotein, coats the AMF hyphae and decreases the water and nutrient losses before reaching to plant host.
Key words: Aggregate stability Citrus
Glomalin Glomalin-related soil protein Mycorrhiza Soil organic carbon
also revealed that
glomalin is a rich mixture of proteinaceous, humic, lipid, and inorganic substances [12].
Rillig M (2004) Arbuscular mycorrhizae,
glomalin, and soil aggregation.
In addition, a negative correlation between AM density and invasive plant (knapweed) cover was recorded (Lutgen & Rillig, 2004) by demonstrating that areas with high knapweed density generally had lower
glomalin concentration and AM hyphal length compared with areas having no or less knapweed cover.
The hyphae and spores of these plant-friendly fungi are coated with a sticky substance called
glomalin, identified and named as recently as 1996 by USDA scientist Sara F.
Pools of organic carbon such as
glomalin produced by AM fungi may even exceed soil microbial biomass by a factor of 10-20 (Rillig et al., 2001).