Title:	Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the acclimatization of micropropagated banana plantlets.
Authors:	MELO, A. M. Y. SAGGIN JUNIOR, O. J. LIMA FILHO, J. M. P. MELO, N. F. de MAIA, C. M.
Affiliation:	Adriana M. Yano Melo; Orivaldo J. Saggin Júnior, CPATSA; José Moacir Lima Filho, CPATSA; NATONIEL FRANKLIN DE MELO, CPATSA; Leonor C. Maia.
Date Issued:	1999
Citation:	Mycorrhiza, v. 9, p. 119-123, 1999.
Description:	The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on micropropagated banana plantlets was evaluated during the acclimatization period. Plants were inoculated with Acaulospora scrobiculata, Glomus clarum or Glomus etunicatum. After cultivation in a greenhouse for 3 months, height, leaf area, fresh weight and dry matter of root and shoots, level of AMF colonization, nutrient level, photosynthesis and transpiration rate, water potential and stomatal conductance were measured. The number of AMF spores produceded in each treatment was also determined. Plantlets inoculated with Amf had greater height, leaf area and fresh weight of shoots and roots, as well as higher rates of photosynthesis and transpiration than controls. Plants inoculated with Glomus were superior in most of the evaluated parameters.
Thesagro:	Aclimatação Banana Biotecnologia Fungo Micropropagação
NAL Thesaurus:	biotechnology fungi micropropagation
Keywords:	Micorriza arbuscular Arbuscular mycorrhizal Acclimatization
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPATSA)