INFLUENCIA DEL USO DEL SUELO SOBRE LA OCURRENCIA DE MICORRIZAS ARBUSCULARES EN REGIONES DE GRAN ALTITUD DEL MONTE KENYA

Abstract

A survey was carried out to establish the effects of Land Use Types (LUTs) on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi (AMF). AMF spore abundance and colonization were evaluated. The percentage root colonization was assessed in trap plants only. AMF were identified and enumerated from spores extracted directly from field soils. Soils were sampled from 60 points occurring in central Kenya. A total of 17 AMF species were isolated and 14 identified to species level. The spore community was dominated by Acaulosporaceae, and Glomaceae. Land use type had no significant (p

Keywords

• Arbuscular mycorrhizae
• land use
• composition
• abundance
• colonization