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The inoculation of Pistacia terebinthus with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi and the spread of the infection were studied using a mixed cropping system, under glasshouse conditions, with Salvia officinalis, Lavandula officinalis and Thymus vulgaris colonized by Glomus mosseae as an inoculation method. This method was compared with soil inoculum placed under the seed or distributed evenly in the soil. Indirect inoculation with all the aromatic plants tested significantly increased VAM root colonization of P. terebinthus compared with the use of soil inoculum, although the effect on plant growth was different for each one of the aromatic species used as inoculum source. Inoculation with L. officinalis and T. vulgaris were the best treatments resulting in high VAM colonization and growth enhancement of P. terebinthus.
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Camprubi, A., Estaún, V. & Calvet, C. Effect of aromatic plant species on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal establishment in Pistacia terebinthus . Plant Soil 139, 299–301 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009322
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009322