Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from Iran
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Samples of root and attached soil were collected from sugar cane fields of Khuzestan and Mazandaran Provinces to identify arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Iran. Trap cultures were established to obtain healthy spores for identification. To confirm symbiosis, roots of host plants (sugarcane) and trap plant (corn) were stained with 0.05% aniline blue in lactophenol. Spores and sporocarps of AM fungi were extracted by wet sieving, decanting and centrifugation in 55% sucrose solution. In this study 17 species of AM fungi belonging to the genera Glomus and Acaulospora were identified. Acaulospora rugosa, Glomus ambisporum, G. lamellosum, G. viscosum, G. luteum and G. versiforme are reported from Iran for the first time.
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