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Title: CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIVE GLOMALIN

Author
item Wright, Sara
item UPADHYAYA, ABHA - UNIV. OF MD

Submitted to: Agronomy Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/18/2000
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The glycoprotein produced by hyphae of arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi, glomalin, is insoluble in the native state. Solubilized glomalin concentration in air-dried samples of many soils from a variety of locations ranges from 4 to 15 mg g-1. It is important to illustrate the impact of this molecule on soil stabilization by showing glomalin in the native state. Microscopic and macroscopic views of glomalin sloughed from hyphae, deposited on nylon mesh, and on soil aggregate surfaces will be shown.