African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12506

Full Length Research Paper

Solanum cultivar responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: growth and mineral status

Tahir Abdoulaye DIOP1,2*, Tatiana KRASOVA-WADE1,2, Alioune DIALLO1,2, Meïssa DIOUF3, Mamadou GUEYE2
  1Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, BP 5005, Sénégal. 2Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Recherches ISRA/IRD, BP 1386, Dakar Sénégal. 3Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles/CDH, BP 3120 – Dakar, Sénégal.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 17 October 2003
  •  Published: 30 November 2003

Abstract

 

A greenhouse experiment was carried out in a sandy soil with a low available phosphorus to evaluate responsiveness of four Solanum aethiopicum cultivars to indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Results showed clear interaction between genetic variability of cultivars and fungal isolates on shoot biomass and on mineral status. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can be ranked as Glomus aggregatum > Glomus mosseae > Glomus versiforme for improving yield as well as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium acquisition of Solanum cultivars.

 

Key words: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Solanum aethiopicum, sterile soil, relative mycorrhizal dependency.

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