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- Title
Diversity of VAM in soils used to cultivate sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in Tabasco, Mexico.
- Authors
Payró de la Cruz, Emeterio; Salgado-García, Sergio; De los Santos-López, Guadalupe; Castelán-Estrada, Mepivoseth; Córdova-Sánchez, Samuel; Gómez-Leyva, Juan F.; Hernández-Cuevas, Laura
- Abstract
Objective: A study was carried out in the Ingenio Santa Rosalía sugar mill supply area with the aim of identifying the soil subunits cultivated with sugar cane and to quantify the degree of mycorrhization of Saccharum officinarum. Design/Methodology/Approach: Rhizosphere samples were collected at a depth of 0-30 cm and root segments with diameters of ≤1 mm and 1-2.0 mm were studied. The intersect method and the fungal structures method were comparatively analyzed to determine the mycotrophic state of the roots. The study also quantified the number of spores in the soils and classified the morpho-species of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM). Results: The results show that seven soil subunits exist in the area, but the intersect method did not detect differences in colonization by root diameter or by root colonization (X=68.5%). For its part, the fungal structures method showed differences in colonization between soil subunits (X=69.5%), being higher in thin roots, and statistical differences wer found for vesicles and spores. At the sites, an average of 696 spores was quantified per 100 g of soil, which indicates a high presence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the study area. Finally, six species of mycorrhizae were identified, of which four are present in various soil subunits: Glomus aff. deserticola, Glomus etunicatum, Glomus viscosum, and Paraglomus occultum. Study Limitations/Implications: This was an exploratory study that indicates the potential of VAM on sugarcane. Findings/Conclusions: The presence of hyphae, vesicles, arbuscules, and spores indicates that there is an active mycotrophic process between VAM and sugarcane cultivation in the soils of the study area.
- Subjects
SUGARCANE; TILLAGE; PLANT colonization; SACCHARUM; VESICULAR-arbuscular mycorrhizas; SOILS; RHIZOSPHERE
- Publication
Agro Productividad, 2021, Vol 14, Issue 11, p159
- ISSN
2448-7546
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32854/agrop.v14i11.2078