Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the acclimatization of micropropagated banana plantlets.

The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on micropropagated banana plantlets was evaluated during the acclimatization period. Plants were inoculated with Acaulospora scrobiculata, Glomus clarum or Glomus etunicatum. After cultivation in a greenhouse for 3 months, height, leaf area, fresh weight and dry matter of root and shoots, level of AMF colonization, nutrient level, photosynthesis and transpiration rate, water potential and stomatal conductance were measured. The number of AMF spores produceded in each treatment was also determined. Plantlets inoculated with Amf had greater height, leaf area and fresh weight of shoots and roots, as well as higher rates of photosynthesis and transpiration than controls. Plants inoculated with Glomus were superior in most of the evaluated parameters.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	MELO, A. M. Y., SAGGIN JUNIOR, O. J., LIMA FILHO, J. M. P., MELO, N. F. de, MAIA, C. M.
Other Authors:	Adriana M. Yano Melo; Orivaldo J. Saggin Júnior, CPATSA; José Moacir Lima Filho, CPATSA; NATONIEL FRANKLIN DE MELO, CPATSA; Leonor C. Maia.
Format:	Separatas biblioteca
Language:	English eng
Published:	1999-12-21
Subjects:	Micorriza arbuscular, Arbuscular mycorrhizal, Acclimatization, Aclimatação, Banana, Biotecnologia, Fungo, Micropropagação, biotechnology, fungi, micropropagation,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/133780
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