Mycorrhizal inoculation increases fruit production without disturbance of native arbuscular mycorrhizal community in jujube tree orchards (Senegal)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi constitute promising biofertilizers for the deployment of a sustainable agriculture. However, evaluation benefits in field is poorly documented, notably fruit tree orchards, and concerns exclusively growth performance nutrition. Here, we evaluated persistence beneficial effects AM fungal inoculation on two jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) cultivars (Tasset Gola) inoculated nursery conditions subsequently transferred until production. The growth-promoting observed was still maintained 18 months after planting, with significant higher rates survival an increase production cultivars. Nevertheless, AM-mediated responses were dependent cultivar. No major disturbance native community associated but stimulation colonization probable. use R. irregularis IR27 strain hold promise development efficient orchards under semi-arid conditions.