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Effect of the inoculation and distribution of mycorrhizae in Plathymenia reticulata Benth under monoculture and mixed plantation in Brazil

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This paper investigates the distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spores and AMF colonization in a field study in southeastern Brazil. Response to AMF and rhizobial inoculation was studied in monocultures of Plathymenia reticulata and mixed plantations with both Tabebuia heptaphylla and Eucalyptus camaldulensis in a sandy soil during two consecutive years. P. reticulata height and diameter and mycorrhizal colonization and AMF diversity were measured in dry and rainy periods. The inoculated treatment of E. camaldulensis, T. heptaphylla and P. reticulata mixed plants showed higher height and diameter growth of P. reticulata used as well as increased root colonization and AMF spore numbers. Spore populations were found to belong to five genera: Acaulospora, Entrophospora, Glomus, Gigaspora and Scutellospora, with Glomus dominating. Agroforestry practices including use of leguminous tree P. reticulata effectively maintained AMF spore numbers in soils and high AMF colonization levels compared with monocultures, proving an efficient system for productivity and sustainability.

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This research was supported by the Ministry of Environment: National Found of Environment (FNMA). The authors are grateful to the Council for the Development of Higher Education at Graduate Level, Brazil (CAPES) for a scholarship granted to Marcela C. Pagano. Marta N. Cabello is a researcher from Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (CIC), Argentina.

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Pagano, M.C., Scotti, M.R. & Cabello, M.N. Effect of the inoculation and distribution of mycorrhizae in Plathymenia reticulata Benth under monoculture and mixed plantation in Brazil. New Forests 38, 197–214 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-009-9140-0

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