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- Title
Arbuscular mycorrhizal morphology in crops and associated weeds in tropical agro-ecosystems.
- Authors
Thangavelu Muthukumar; Sampath Prakash
- Abstract
Morphological types of arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) in crops and associated weeds were examined in agro-ecosystems. In total, 48 plant species (8 crops and 40 weeds) belonging to 43 genera in 18 families were examined. The number of plant species with Arum-type AM was higher than those with Paris-type AM in the examined plants. AM association was absent in 6 weeds, and the average colonization rate was 62.64% in crops and 52.92% in weeds. AM morphology has been reported in 2 crops and 21 weeds for the first time. The influence of plant identity on AM morphology was also analyzed by arranging the examined plants in a current plant phylogenetic scheme. This analysis showed there was a lack of relationship between plant classification and AM morphological type. Actually, the colonization types were not distinguished at the plant family level, but were mostly distinguished at the species level.
- Subjects
VESICULAR-arbuscular mycorrhizas; ENDOMYCORRHIZAS; WEEDS; ARUM; PLANT species; PLANT classification; BIOTIC communities
- Publication
Mycoscience (Springer Nature), 2009, Vol 50, Issue 3, p233
- ISSN
1340-3540
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47371/mycosci.myc50233