Revista Caatinga (Jan 2006)

FUNGOS MICORRÍZICOSARBUSCULARES EMÁREAS NO ENTORNO DO PARQUE ESTADUAL DA SERRA DO MAR EM UBATUBA (SP)

  • Cristiane Figueira da Silva,
  • Marcos Gervasio Pereira,
  • Eliane Maria Ribeiro da Silva,
  • Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correia,
  • Orivaldo José Saggin-Júnior

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This work was carried out in order to evaluate the mycorrhizal fungi in four surrounding areas of Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, in Ubatuba (SP), with the following covering vegetation: banana plantation interposed at forest, cassava plantation, capoeira area and secondary forest. Soil samples were collected in July 2003 and March 2004. Regarding arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs), the crop areas of banana and cassava showed higher spore number than forest and capoeira areas in the winter. In the summer, only cassava area showed high spore production. The rainy season provided a higher number of AMFs species compared to the dry season, in both forest and banana areas. However, regarding the occurrence of different AMFs species there was no clear pattern as to wet or dry season.