Fungal Diversity in Tomato Rhizosphere Soil under Conventional and Desert Farming Systems.

ABSTRACT: This study examined fungal diversity and composition in conventional (CM) and desert farming (DE) systems in Oman. Fungal diversity in the rhizosphere of tomato was assessed using 454-pyrosequencing and culture-based techniques. Both techniques produced variable results in terms of fungal diversity, with 25% of the fungal classes shared between the two techniques. In addition, pyrosequencing recovered more taxa compared to direct plating. These findings could be attributed to the ability of pyrosequencing to recover taxa that cannot grow or are slow growing on culture media. Both techniques showed that fungal diversity in the conventional farm was comparable to that in the desert farm. However, the composition of fungal classes and taxa in the two farming systems were different. Pyrosequen

SUBMITTER: Kazerooni EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5539375 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature