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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Diversity Associated with Olea europaea L. Growing in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China
Yuebo Jing*, Jihua Mao, Rongbo Li
Yunnan Academy of Forestry and Grassland, Kunming, 650201, China
* Corresponding Author: Yuebo Jing. Email:
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Mycorrhizal Fungi and Sustainable Development of Agriculture)
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2022, 91(12), 2719-2732. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2022.021989
Received 16 February 2022; Accepted 19 April 2022; Issue published 29 August 2022
Abstract
Olive (
Olea europaea L.) is one of the most important and widely cultivated fruit trees, with high economic, ecological, cultural and scientific value. China began introducing and cultivating olive in the 1960s, and Yunnan Province is one of the main growing areas. Improving the cultivation and productivity of this tree crop species is an
important challenge. Olive is a typical mycotrophic species and the potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
(AMF) for this plant is well recognized; nevertheless, studies of olive AMF in China are still very limited. Roots
and rhizosphere soils of olive were sampled from five representative growing sites in the Yunnan Province of China to investigate the AMF colonization status in the root systems, the AMF community in the olive orchards and
the edaphic factors influencing the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) parameters. Root samples of olive trees from
different growing sites generally showed AMF colonization, suggesting that autochthonous AMF manifest a high
efficiency in colonizing the roots of olive plants. The spore density on the five sites ranged from 81.6 to 350 spores
per 20 g soil. Twenty-three AMF species from 9 genera were identified in total, and Glomeraceae was the dominant family. The findings of our study suggested a high AMF diversity harbored by olive growing in different
areas of the Yunnan Province, Southwestern China. Furthermore, the hyphal colonization in roots positively correlated with soil pH and EC. The arbuscule colonization in olive roots negatively correlated with soil pH, EC, OM,
TN, TP and AN. The spore density positively correlated with OM, TN, AN, AP and sand content. Finally, the
Shannon index of AMF in the rhizosphere soil positively correlated with the clay content, but negatively correlated with soil pH, TN and silt content. The high diversity of autochthonous AMF in Yunnan is promising for
screening AMF isolates for utilization in the efficient cultivation of this crop.
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APA Style
Jing, Y., Mao, J., Li, R. (2022). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity associated with olea europaea L. growing in yunnan province, southwestern china. Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 91(12), 2719-2732. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2022.021989
Vancouver Style
Jing Y, Mao J, Li R. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity associated with olea europaea L. growing in yunnan province, southwestern china. Phyton-Int J Exp Bot. 2022;91(12):2719-2732 https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2022.021989
IEEE Style
Y. Jing, J. Mao, and R. Li "Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Diversity Associated with Olea europaea L. Growing in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China," Phyton-Int. J. Exp. Bot., vol. 91, no. 12, pp. 2719-2732. 2022. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2022.021989