ABSTRACT: High yields obtained from soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], and consequent profits, are related to efficient symbiosis of soybean with nitrogen fixing bacteria of the Bradyrhizobium genus. Inoculation with strains belonging to the Bradyrhizobium japonicum, B. elkanii, and B. diazofficiens species, approved by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA), is a common practice for this crop. However, variations in the composition of inoculants can change the quality of the product. The aim of this study was to genetically identify […]

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 […]