ABSTRACT The removal of original vegetation for crops and pasture production and then followed by natural regeneration is a standard practice in the Atlantic Forest, which has produced patches with different degrees of degradation and regeneration across the landscape. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of replacement of native forest by pasture and natural regeneration of vegetation on soil and on soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics in the dry and rainy season in an Atlantic Forest […]

ABSTRACT Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a highly mycotrophic crop, and prior soil cover may affect the density of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs), as well as the composition of the AMFs community in the soil. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and the structure of AMFs communities in cassava grown after different cover crops, and the effect of the cover crop on mineral nutrition and cassava yield under an organic farming system. The occurrence and structure […]

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are soil fungi, obligate biotrophic fungi and form the most common mutualistic symbiosis in nature: the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM). This association occurs on the roots of most plants, promoting improvements in plant growth and development and increasing tolerance and/or plant resistance to several adverse environmental agents. In addition, AMF can be a potential biological control agent of plant diseases. These fungi produce glomalin, a protein that plays a key role in soil stability and in the […]

Most studies on olive trees in Brazil and in the world have focused on yield and management. Despite the importance for plant growth and resistance to various stresses, there are no studies on the occurrence of mycorrhizal association in olive trees, in Brazil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the mycorrhizal interaction in olive trees on the Fazenda Experimental de Maria da Fé – MG (FEMF – EPAMIG), underlying the production of commercial inoculants of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi […]

Plant residues and litter may affect the plant growth. The objective of this study was to evaluate the allelopathic effects of aqueous extracts of pine (Pinus sp.), millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke] and velvet bean (Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy) on germination, mycorrhizal colonization and initial growth of corn (Zea mays L.), soybean (Glycine max L.) and bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Extracts of ground leaves were prepared. For the in vitro seven day- germination test, pH – neutral paper was […]

The agricultural use of biosolids has been stimulated, however, as the chemical composition of these residues is varied, the agronomic value and effects on soil quality characteristics need to be individually assessed in order to establish safety norms for their application. The present work evaluated biological characteristics after the application for two consecutive years of increasing doses (0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 t ha-1 dry matter) of biosolid generated by a PET fiber and resin industry. There was also […]

An experiment was installed under greenhouse conditions to study growth depression in mycorrhizal citrus rootstocks at six P levels (0, 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 mg kg-1), with and without (controls) inoculation of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) (Glomus intraradices). The rootstock used was Citrus reshni Hort. Ex Tanaka, cv. Cleópatra, grown in an autoclaved, limed mixture (3:1) of a soil with low available P and washed sand. There were five replicates per treatment, in a random 6 x 2 factorial design. Six […]

Experiments testing the efficiency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) originating from the same soil sample complement studies of taxonomic diversity by assessing functional relationships within mycorrhizal communities. In this study fungal isolates from three distinct communities were evaluated regarding their efficiency to increase dry biomass production and P content in two mycotrophic hosts. In the first experiment, the effect of 13 AMF isolates from the JA205, MN414, and VA105 communities were screened in order to test the hypothesis that at least […]

The leguminous tree Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata (angico-do-cerrado) forms symbiotic associations with nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the influence of rhizobial and arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation on the initial growth of angico-do-cerrado plants, in autoclaved and non-autoclaved soil with and without inoculations. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse using mycorrhized roots of maize and a mixture of rhizobial isolates as inocula. Plant growth was positively affected by […]

The genetic diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, recovered from three dune stabilization stages, was evaluated using molecular techniques and compared to results previously obtained by techniques based on morphological spore characterization. The use of the PCR-RFLP technique of spore-extracted rDNA defined the characteristic fingerprint of fungal species in the dunes, identified the presence of different communities at each stage, and detected communities with the highest polymorphism in the intermediate dune. This stage also presented the highest community diversity when morphology-based […]