A comparison of dinitrogen fixation rates in wood litter decayed by white-rot and brown-rot fungi
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1989
Department
College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Abstract
Nitrogen fixation rates, as estimated by the acetylene reduction technique, were determined in conifer wood litter being decayed by brown- and white-rot fungi. Average ethylene production rates were significantly higher in white-rotted wood (15.1 nmol g-1 day-1) than in brown-rotted wood (2.3 nmol g-1 day-1). This difference may be related to a higher soluble sugar content in white-versus brown-rotted wood. The nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azospirillum was not detected in any of the decaying wood samples examined. Greater nitrogen additions from nitrogen-fixing bacteria may be a factor in the more rapid white-rot decay of hardwood litter, as compared to the slower brown-rot decay of conifer wood.
Publication Title
Plant and Soil
Recommended Citation
Jurgensen, M.,
Larsen, M.,
Wolosiewicz, M.,
&
Harvey, A.
(1989).
A comparison of dinitrogen fixation rates in wood litter decayed by white-rot and brown-rot fungi.
Plant and Soil,
115(1), 117-122.
http://doi.org/10.1007/BF02220701
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/4348
Publisher's Statement
© 1989 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02220701