Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Characterization from Saline Lands in Arid Oases, Northwest China

Autor: Erica Lumini, Jing Pan, Franco Magurno, Cuihua Huang, Valeria Bianciotto, Xian Xue, Raffaella Balestrini, Anna Tedeschi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Fungi, Vol 6, Iss 2, p 80 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2309-608X
DOI: 10.3390/jof6020080
Popis: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonize land plants in almost every ecosystem, even in extreme conditions, such as saline soils. In the present work, we report the mycorrhizal capacity of rhizosphere soils collected in the dry desert region of the Minqin Oasis, located in the northwest of China (Gansu province), which is characterized by several halophytes. Lycium spp. and Peganum nigellastrum were used as trap plants in a greenhouse experiment to identify autochthonous AMF associated with the halophytes’ rhizospheres. Morphological observations showed the typical AMF structures inside roots. Twenty-six molecularly distinct AMF taxa were recovered from soil and root DNA. The taxonomical diversity mirrors the several AMF adapted to extreme environmental conditions, such as the saline soil of central China. Knowledge of the AMF associated with halophytes may contribute to select specific fungal isolates to set up agriculture strategies for protecting non-halophyte crop plants in saline soils.
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