Abstract

SOTERAS, Florencia et al. Hongos arbusculares (glomeromycota) en la rizosfera de atriplex l ampa en dos ambientes salinos de córdoba: influencia de la profundidad en la colonización radical y presencia de morfoespecies. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. [online]. 2013, vol.48, n.2. ISSN 1851-2372.

Arbuscular fungi (Glomeromycota) in the rhizosphere of Atriplex lampa at two saline environments of Córdoba (Argentina): depth infuence on root colonization and the presence of morphospecies. Atriplex lampa is a valuable fodder shrub available for browsing by livestock even during drought periods in the Chaco Phytogeographical Province. Halophytes may beneft from the association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) through improved tolerance to drought and salt. Ecological studies of AMF are generally restricted to the main rooting zone. However, AMF vertical distribution and seasonal dynamics in natural saline soils of Argentina have been poorly studied. The aim of this work was to explore AMF root colonization, root concentration and to identify AMF morphoespecies in A. lampa rhizosphere in two saline environments (Salinas de Ambargasta and Salinas Grandes) of central Argentina, in fve soil depth levels, during the wet and dry seasons. Despite we did not fnd arbuscules, AMF were found colonizing A. lampa roots in all depth levels. Salinas Grandes showed the highest root colonization value, and showed the highest root concentration, during wet season. The 20 AMF morphospecies identifed in this work belonged to the genera: Acaulospora, Ambispora, Claroideoglomus, Diversispora, Funneliformis, Glomus, Septoglomus and Scutellospora. This is the second record in Argentina of AMF structures in A. lampa roots. Future studies that evaluate mycorrhizal dependency of the plant are necessary to confrm the function of the symbiosis.

Keywords : Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Saline soils; Atriplex lampa; Depth soil; Seasonality.

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