In a controlled pot experiment, Poncirus trifoliate and Citrus reticulate seedlings were inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, Glomus epigaeum. Seasonal (June, Semptember, December and March) and spatial distribution (0-2 cm, 2-4 cm and 4-8 cm away from the taproot in horizon) of glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) and sequestered heavy metals was studied.The results showed that the hyphal length was in the following order 0-2 cm>2-4 cm>4-8 cm in horizontal distribution, which was the highest in March, lowest in December. The easily extractable Bradford-reactive soil protein (EE-BRSP) and total Bradford-reactive soil protein (T-BRSP) arranged between 1.0-2.6 mg g -1 and 2.0-5.8 mg g -1 DW soil in the rizosphere of P. trifoliate, 1.3-2.5 mg g -1 and 2.5-5.0 mg g -1 DW soil in C.reticulate. Both EE-BRSP and T-BRSP in June were significantly higher than those in December. However, the two BRSPs did not decrease with the extension of distance in horizon (0-8 cm), but ranked at 2-4 cm> 4-8 cm > 0-2 cm. The amounts of Fe bound to GRSP varied between 5.11 mg g -1 DW to 9.20mg g -1 DW GRSP, and Mn 76.28-244.48 ugg -1 DW GRSP, Cu 18.11-91.00 ugg -1 DW GRSP, and Zn 62.97-315.83 ugg -1 DW GRSP. All the heavy metals (HMs) bound to GRSP were highest in June, lowest in December. In horizontal distribution, those HMs were followed by 2-4 cm>4-8 cm>0-2 cm, consistent with EE-BRSP and T-BRSP. Our results demonstrated that the seasonal and spatial distribution of GRSP is significantly different in horizontal soil. Keywords:
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