The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Salt-tolerance Species and Halophytes Growing in Salt-affected Soils of South America

M. NOELIA COFRÉ; ALEJANDRA G. BECERRA; ILEANA GARCÍA

Mycorrhizal Fungi in South America

Springer Nature Switzerland

Año: 2019; p. 295 - 314

Arbuscularmycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ubiquitous soil microorganisms that establish adirect physical link between soil and plant roots constituting an integralcomponent of the natural ecosystems being present in saline environment. Thesefungi are associated with the roots of over 80% terrestrial plant speciesincluding halophytes. Compared with other parts of the world, publishedinformation on halophytes vegetation adapted to saline environments in SouthAmerica, and even more so on their utilization, is quite scarce. This workshowed the mycorrhizal status of halophytes and salt-tolerance species capableof growing in salty soils, used as a forage resource for livestock. Speciallywe made a focus in two saline soils of Argentinean Pampas and Salinas Grandesdominated by Lotus tenuis and members of Chenopodiaceae family respectively.This data is of relevance because they often constitute the only forageresource for the possible way to utilize these plants to remediatesalt-affected soils.