Agroecological coffee management increases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity.

ABSTRACT: Agroecology aims to maintain ecosystem services by minimizing the impact of agriculture and promoting the use of biological potential. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are elements which are key to improving crop productivity and soil quality. It is pertinent to understand how agricultural management in the tropics affects the AMF spatio-temporal community composition, especially in crops of global importance, such as coffee (Coffea arabica L.). Soil and root samples were collected from three localities under three management systems (agroecological, conventional and forest fragment), during the phenological stages of coffee (flowering, grain filling, harvesting). Spores were extracted for morphological identification and molecular community analysis by PCR-DGGE. Dendrograms were prepare

SUBMITTER: Prates Junior P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324804 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature