Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play an important role in ecosystems, but little is known about how soil AM fungal community composition varies in relation to habitat type and land-use intensity. We molecularly characterized AM fungal communities in soil samples (n = 88) from structurally open (permanent grassland, intensive and sustainable agriculture) and forested habitats (primeval forest ...

Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lec. and Tectona grandis Linn.f. are sources of resin-suffused agarwood and teak timber, respectively. This study investigated arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus community structure in roots and rhizosphere soils of A. crassna and T. grandis from plantations in Thailand to understand whether AM fungal communities present in roots and rhizosphere soils vary with host ...

BACKGROUND In the last years, many olive plantations in southern Spain have been mediated by the use of self-rooted planting stocks, which have incorporated commercial AMF during the nursery period to facilitate their establishment. However, this was practised without enough knowledge on the effect of cropping practices and environment on the biodiversity of AMF in olive orchards in Spain. ME...

Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in plant roots improve host growth. In this study, AMF communities the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) were investigated mineral soil (MS) and shallow peat (SPS) Sarawak, Malaysia. MS exhibited lower moisture content (MS, 38.1; SPS, 79.8%), higher pH (H2O) 4.6; 4.1), bulk density 1.03; 0.20 g cm?3), nitrogen 16.9; 2.7 kg m?3) than SPS at same...

The argan tree, an endemic species in Morocco, has been exhaustively studied its southwestern range but neglected northeastern territory. Thus, the present study sets as objectives identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and evaluation tree’s roots’ mycorrhization level two stations: one region Béni Snassène (Berkane): Jebel Takermine with 7 prospected sites other at Aklim Alkabir 2 site...

This study aimed to investigate the diversity and types of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associated with the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz in spring and autumn followed by identifying similarities among the different study sites. Three different sites were selected including Kheiroud, Lalis, and Tarkin, in the Hyrcanian forests, north of Iran. Five rhizosphere soil sampl...