Pis'man T I, Somova L A, Pechurkin N S
Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Russia.
Biofizika. 2002 Sep-Oct;47(5):920-5.
A mathematical model describing the interaction of plants and rhizospheric microorganisms on complete mineral medium at a higher CO2 level in the atmosphere was constructed. The positive effect of CO2-enrichment on the system plant--rhizospheric microorganisms was shown. The effect of rhizospheric microorganisms on plant growth at normal and high level of carbon dioxide was demonstrated. It was shown that the biomass of plant in the system is smaller than the biomass of plant growing without microorganisms. It was experimentally demonstrated that a simple ecosystem wheat--Pseudomonas putida--artificial soil develops and functions differently than its individual constituents in the case of a wheat-artificial soil system. With unlimited nutrition and a higher CO2 level (0.06%), plants with roots inoculated with microorganisms have a smaller biomass than plants that were not inoculated with microorganisms.