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A stepwise procedure was investigated to determine the optimal conditions for the establishment of Glomus mosseae (Nicol. & Gerd.) Gerdemann & Trappe in dual in vitro culture with Ri T-DNA-transformed roots of Daucus carota L. Glomus mosseae spores germinated best in 10 mm Tris or MES-buffered medium at pH values just above neutral. Growth of hyphae from germinated spores was much greater in the presence of Tris than MES, eg. 8 mm versus 4 mm per spore for Tris and MES, respectively, at pH 7.2. Roots exhibited a broad pH optimum for growth of 6.0–7.0 in both MES and Tris, but did not grow well above pH 7.5. In addition, purified gelling agent, gellan gum, was utilized to lower the P concentration of media. With these factors combined, mycorrhizas were successfully established in 14% of dual cultures.
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Accepted: 5 March 1997
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Douds Jr., D. A procedure for the establishment of Glomus mosseae in dual culture with Ri T-DNA-transformed carrot roots. Mycorrhiza 7, 57–61 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005720050164
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