Aptitude for mycorrhizal root colonization in Prunus rootstocks
Cinta Calvet
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a, Victoria Estaún
a, Amèlia Camprubí
a, Adriana Hernández-Dorrego
b, Jorge Pinochet
c and María Angeles Moreno
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Eighteen Prunus rootstock cultivars were inoculated with three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under greenhouse conditions in order to evaluate their affinity for mycorrhizal colonization. The rootstocks were peach–almond hybrids, peaches, plums and cherries of Spanish, French and Italian origin. Mycorrhizal colonization was low in plants inoculated with Glomus mosseae (Nicol. and Gerd.) Gerdemann and Trappe, and Glomus etunicatum Becker and Gerdemann. In contrast, Glomus intraradices Schenck and Smith, proved to be the most infective endophyte, achieving the highest mycorrhizal colonization rate in most of the rootstocks evaluated. Species of Prunus insititia L. were the only botanical group to show a consistently high affinity for mycorrhizal colonization with G. intraradices.
Author Keywords: Author Keywords: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Glomus; Prunus rootstocks; Stone fruit crops
| Scientia Horticulturae Volume 100, Issues 1-4, 19 March 2004, Pages 39-49 |
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