Preliminary study on biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations in Thailand

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WITTAYA KAONONGBUA

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Author list: Auliana, Kaonongbua W.

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Publication year: 2018

Volume number: 144

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1755-1307

eISSN: 1755-1315

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047819101&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f144%2f1%2f012010&partnerID=40&md5=cc79717f36377edd821626db507977f0

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is one of the promising crop plants which has been used as raw material for producing daily products. In agricultural ecosystems, crop plants could develop a plant-fungal association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The objectives of this study were to determine the AMF biodiversity and mycorrhizal infection percentage (MIP) from field-collected soil samples of three oil palm plantations from Nong Khai, Surat Thani, and Chiang Rai provinces of Thailand. Soil characteristics (moisture content, pH, and available phosphorus) were also measured. Thirteen AMF species belonging to seven genera were identified from all soil samples, whereas Glomus spp. and Acaulospora spp. were most commonly found species. AMF biodiversity value from Chiang Rai was statistically different from other two provinces (p < 0.05). MIP value of soil samples from Surat Thani was statistically different as well. Furthermore, soil pH showed a positive correlation with AMF biodiversity. These results confirmed that AMF normally occurs in oil palm plantations, but at different levels of biodiversity possibly due to different environmental factors in each plantation. Nevertheless, this information could be useful for using AMF in plant growth promoter and pathogen resistance programs in order to achieve the agricultural sustainability, especially in oil palm plantations. ฉ 2018 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.

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