arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) play an important role in promotion of plant growth as well as increasing plant tolerant to abiotic and biotic stresses. because of this, special attention was paid to amf in sustainable agriculture. biotic and abiotic factors can affect the development of the mycorrhizal relationship. to evaluate the effect of some bio-ecological parameters, on activity of am...

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization and spore numbers in the rhizosphere of two fruit species, Paullinia cupana Mart. and Theobroma grandiflorum Schum., growing in a terra firme ecosystem in Central Amazonia were studied from August 1998 to May 2000. Climatic and edaphic factors were also determined to investigate their influence on mycorrhizal variables. Soil pH, Al, Mn and effecti...