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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus in the initial development of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir

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The Brazilian Caatinga belongs to the dry forests biome and is threatened due to the conversion of natural areas for anthropogenic uses. An alternative for the recovery of these areas is to plant generalist seedlings, which when inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), can accelerate the process of ecological succession. The objective of this study was to evaluate the responsiveness of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. to inoculation with AMF at different doses of phosphorus (P) fertilization. The experiment was completely randomized in a factorial arrangement with three inoculation treatments (noninoculated and inoculated with Claroideoglomus etunicatum, C. Walker & A. Schüssler, emend. Oehl, Sieverd., B. T. Goto & G. A. Silva or Fuscutata heterogama, Oehl, F. A. Souza, L. C. Maia & Sieverd), four doses of single superphosphate (SSP) (0, 22, 66, and 155 mg L−1) in seven replicates. The following parameters were evaluated: height, stem diameter, above- and below-ground biomass, mycorrhizal colonization, number of glomerospores (NG), and shoot nutrient concentration. In general, mycorrhizal plants had higher average height and stem diameter than non-mycorrhizal plants. There was a growth increment of over 200 % in plants inoculated with C. etunicatum or F. heterogama in the soil without application of SSP. The addition of SSP reduced root colonization by the isolates of AMF applied. For the NG, it was observed that F. heterogama produced more glomerospores in natural soil, with NG decreasing above 100 mg L−1 of P in the soil. Plants of mycorrhizal M. tenuiflora had a higher concentration of nutrients, in particular P, Ca, Cu, and Zn. Therefore, M. tenuiflora is responsive to both the fertilization and the inoculation with AMF.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank FACEPE for granting a master’s fellowship and project financing (APQ-1265-2.03/10), the CNPq for a PQ scholarship (AMYM), and the Embrapa Semiárido for the analyses of nutrients in plants and soil fertility. The authors also thank the staff of the Microbiology Laboratory of Univasf/CCA for help in some analyses, and Danielle Karla Silva for her suggestions on the manuscript.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Micologia, Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740-600, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Thaís Teixeira-Rios & João Ricardo Gonçalves De Oliveira

  2. Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Campus de Ciências Agrárias, Rodovia BR 407, Km 12, Lote 543, Projeto de Irrigação Nilo Coelho, s/n, “C1”, CEP 56300-990, Petrolina, PE, Brazil

    Adriana Mayumi Yano-Melo

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Teixeira-Rios, T., De Oliveira, J.R.G. & Yano-Melo, A.M. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus in the initial development of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. Braz. J. Bot 39, 997–1004 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-016-0297-4

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