naa a22 4500 510737986 CHVBK 20180411083017.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-012-1008-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-012-1008-7 Arbuscular mycorrhizal potential and mycorrhizal fungi diversity associated with Agave potatorum Zucc. in Oaxaca, Mexico [Elektronische Daten] [S. Carballar-Hernández, F. Palma-Cruz, L. Hernández-Cuevas, C. Robles] The status of the arbuscular mycorrhizal association in wild Agave potatorum Zucc. was studied at three semiarid sites over a 1-year period of rhizospheric soil sampling. Root colonization present at all sites and at all times of year, ranged from 20 to 83%. The extraradical mycelia length was estimated to be from 2.64 to 5.22mg−1 of dry soil. Spore number ranged from 20 to 192 in 100g of soil. The number of viable mycorrhizal propagules ranged from 500 to 2,640 in 100g of soil. Twenty species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were identified, the family Glomeracea comprising the greatest number of species (45%). Two other fungi families Acaulosporaceae and Gigasporaceae made up 35 and 15%, respectively. High alpha diversity and low beta diversity of AMF were found in this study. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi species richness in A. potatorum is high and the associated fungi appear to be an important component in semiarid ecosystems in this region of Mexico. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi species with small spores might be better adapted to the local environment. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2012 Glomeromycota nationallicence Mycorrhizal potential nationallicence Diversity index nationallicence Species accumulation curve nationallicence Agave potatorum nationallicence Carballar-Hernández S. Soils Laboratory, CIIDIR-IPN-Unidad Oaxaca, 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico aut Palma-Cruz F. Postgraduate Studies Coordination, Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca, 68030, Oaxaca, Mexico aut Hernández-Cuevas L. Mycorrhiza Laboratory, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, 90122, Tlaxcala, Mexico aut Robles C. Soils Laboratory, CIIDIR-IPN-Unidad Oaxaca, 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/2(2013-03-01), 217-226 0912-3814 28:2<217 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1008-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1008-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carballar-Hernández S. Soils Laboratory, CIIDIR-IPN-Unidad Oaxaca, 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Palma-Cruz F. Postgraduate Studies Coordination, Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca, 68030, Oaxaca, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hernández-Cuevas L. Mycorrhiza Laboratory, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, 90122, Tlaxcala, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robles C. Soils Laboratory, CIIDIR-IPN-Unidad Oaxaca, 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/2(2013-03-01), 217-226 0912-3814 28:2<217 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer