Soil Structure and Ectomycorrhizal Root Colonization of Pecan Orchards in Northern Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Pecan trees form a symbiotic relationship with ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM), which actively provide nutrition to the roots and protect them from phytopathogens. Although these trees originated in the southern United States and northern Mexico, information on their root colonization by ECM is insufficient in terms of a representative number of samples, both in these regions and worldwide. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine the percentage of ectomycorrhizal colonization (ECM) of pecan trees of different ages in conventional and organic agronomic orchards and to identify ectomycorrhizal sporocarps, both morphologically and molecularly. The rhizospheric soil properties and the ECM percentages were analyzed for 14 Western variety pecan tree orchards between 3 and 48 years

SUBMITTER: Saenz-Hidalgo HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140891 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature