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Studies on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the efficacy of two native isolates in a highly alkaline anthropogenic sediment
A field survey of the arbuscular mycorrhizal status of herbaceous plant species was conducted in a highly alkaline anthropogenic sediment resulting from the disposal of waste from an acetylene and polyvinyl ch...
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Copper sorption and accumulation by the extraradical mycelium of different Glomus spp. (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) isolated from the same polluted soil
The form and localisation of Cu accumulation in the extraradical mycelium (ERM) of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), isolated from the same polluted soil contaminated with the Cu and Arsenate, was stud...
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Application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the revegetation of desertified Mediterranean ecosystems
Over 40 million km2or 35% of the total land surface, can be described as dry-lands with permanent, seasonal or periodic significant moisture deficiency. These ecosystems are found in tropical, subtropical, temper...
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Ecological considerations for successful application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum
Research on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the 1970s and 1980s was dominated by the search for ‘superstrains’ capable of increasing plant biomass under any environmental and soil conditions. The desire ...
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Quality control of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum in Europe
Most published papers by scientists working in the area of mycorrhizal fungi will mention in the first few lines of their introduction the potential importance of these natural fungi for biotechnology in agric...
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The mycorrhizal status of Phragmites australis in several polluted soils and sediments of an industrialised region of Northern Portugal
Roots of Phragmites australis from three polluted soils and sediments (a periodically flooded stream bank containing organic pollutants, a high-pH drying sedimentation pond and an acidic, periodically flooded san...
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The effect of agricultural practices on the development of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. II. Studies in experimental microcosms
Two glasshouse experiments were performed to assess the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) from three different genera, Acaulospora, Gigaspo...
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The effect of agricultural practices on the development of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. I. Field studies in an Indonesian ultisol
Two pre-established agricultural field trials were assessed for the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the soil (density of spores, species richness and lengths of extra-radical mycelium [ERM])...
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A comparison of the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from different genera on two tropical forage legumes
Two glasshouse experiments were done to assess the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) from three different genera, Acaulospora, Gigaspora a...
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The role of different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the growth of Calamagrostis villosa and Deschampsia flexuosa, in experiments with simulated acid rain
A series of microcosm experiments was established to investigate the effects of simulated acid rain on the capacity of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to germinate and colonize two grasses, Calamagros...
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A study of species richness and diversity in seed banks and its use for the environmental mitigation of a proposed holiday village development in a coniferized woodland in south east England
A survey was carried out to determine the density and species composition of germinable seed in the surface soil layers of 30 plots within a coniferized lowland woodland in East Kent in order to establish the ...
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Analysis of AMF-Glomus Caledonium J 55-Host Interaction — Activity, Isozyme Patterns and Plant Response
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) associated with higher plants are common in most ecosystems but some plant species are consistently more mycorrhizal than others and benefit from the symbiosis. In addition t...
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Isolation and Identification of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the order Glomales colonize the root systems of the large majority of land plant species. They often have beneficial influence on growth and survival of their host due to bet...
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The BEG Expert System – a multimedia identification system for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Knowledge of the biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is limited and keys for their identification are not in a user-friendly format for the non-expert. An Expert System, linked to the BEG (La Banque ...
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Quantification of mycelial development of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi using image analysis
Quantitative and reproducible information concerning the development of the extraradical mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is lacking due to the difficulties in extracting, identifying and estimat...
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The screening and selection of inoculant arbuscular-mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi
The initiation of a programme of screening and selection of arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) and ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM fungi) for use as inoculant fungi in agriculture, horticulture of forestry wil...
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European Bank of Glomales — An essential tool for efficient international and interdisciplinary collaboration
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi play a major role in the nutrient acquisition of most plants in terrestrial ecosystems. This group of mutualistic symbionts is currently placed within the Zygomycetes in the order ...
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Glomales
The importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in nutrient uptake by plants has been intensively studied (e.g., Sanders et al., 1974; Gianinazzi-Pearson and Gianinazzi, 1986). The fungal partners in these symbios...
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Approaches to the study of the extraradical mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
One of the most neglected areas of research on arbuscular mycorrhizas is the role of the extraradical mycelial network that links colonisation of the root by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) with the soil ma...
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Growth responses of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal tropical forage species to different levels of soil phosphate
Three tropical forage legumes, Stylosanthes capitata, Pueraria phaseoloides and Centrosema macrocarpum, and one grass, Brachiaria dictyoneura, were grown in a sterile phosphate deficient soil amended with soluble...
