Composition and structure of arbuscular-mycorrhizal communities in El Palmar National Park, Argentina

VELÁZQUEZ M. S; CABELLO M; BARRERA M

MYCOLOGIA.

ALLEN PRESS INC

Lugar: Lawrence; Año: 2013 vol. 105 p. 509 - 520

0027-5514

The arbuscular-mycorrhizal-fungal (AMF) communities from the El Palmar National Park of Entre Rý´os Province, Argentina, were investigated and characterized. The species of AMF present in five distinct vegetation types?gallery forest, grassland, marsh, palm forest, and scrubland?were isolated, identified and quantified over 2 y. Forty-six AMF morphotaxa were found. The composition of the AMF communities differed between the seasons, soil and vegetation types. Seasonal variations were observed in members of the Acaulosporaceae, Archaeosporaceae, Claroideoglomeraceae, Gigasporaceae and Pacisporaceae. Depending on soil type, the AMF-spore communities were dominated by members of one of the two main orders of the Glomeromycota. AMF communities from grassland and palm forest, which occur on sandy soils, comprised primarily members of the Diversisporales, with a high percentage of species of Acaulospora and of Gigasporaceae.Communities from the gallery forest, marsh and scrubland, which occur on loam-clay soils, were composed of members of the Glomerales, with a high percentage of spores from species of Glomus. Thus both AMFand plant communities would appear to be strongly and similarly influenced by edaphic conditions.