Inoculation with Glomus mosseae: An Efficient Biological Management Strategy for Arsenic Mitigation in Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Under Arsenic-Contaminated Soil

Singh, Mahendra; chakraborty, debjit; Mandal, jajati; Kumar Chaudhary, dinesh; Kumar Jha, Arun

Abstract

A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on mitigation of arsenic (As) in As-contaminated soils with wheat (variety – HD 2967) as the test crop. Soil inbulk was collected from Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar,India farm with physicochemicalproperties to conduct a pot experiment using three doses of As (5, 10, 20 mg L−1) and application of Glomus mossaea inoculation (no inoculated, 5 g/pot, and 10 g/pot). Result indicated that the treatment spiked with As 5 ppm and Glomus mossaea @1 g kg−1 showedthe lowest available As (21.80 µg kg−1 soil) and lowest total As (2.533 mg kg−1soil) as compared to all othertreatments. The As content in different parts of plants are found in the orderof roots > shoots> leaves > grain parts in wheat crop. As uptake in grain was found to be positively correlated with available (r = 0.883, p < .001) and total As content in soil (r = 0.869, p < .001) as well. The application of AM fungi @10.0 g kg−1 soil significantly (p < .005) reduced the As content in grain under all the applied treatments. As content ingrain was found to be negatively correlated with total glomalin content of soil(r = –0.430, p < .005), colonization by AM fungi (r = –0.261) and available phosphorus (P) content of soil (r = –0.864, p < .001). The study noticeably indicated that the mycorrhizal inoculation can reduce the As content in the various parts of the wheat in As-contaminated soils.

Citation

Singh, M., chakraborty, D., Mandal, J., Kumar Chaudhary, D., & Kumar Jha, A. (2023). Inoculation with Glomus mosseae: An Efficient Biological Management Strategy for Arsenic Mitigation in Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Under Arsenic-Contaminated Soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 54(19), 2645-2656. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2023.2240367

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 11, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Aug 5, 2023
• Publication Date: Aug 5, 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 16, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 6, 2024
• Journal: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
• Print ISSN: 0010-3624
• Electronic ISSN: 1532-2416
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 2645-2656
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2023.2240367
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/LCSS
• Additional Information: This is an original manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis on 05/08/2023, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2023.2240367