A method to obtain monosporic cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

We describe here a simple technique for obtaining monosporic cultures of AM fungi. Gigaspora rosea, Gi. sp., Glomus mosseae and G. sp. were used. One surface-sterilized spore was transferred to a 5-cm diameter Petri dish with 10 ml of 10 mM MES buffer, plus 0.04 g of Gel-Gro. The contents of a vermi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Fracchia, Sebastian, Menendez, Ana Bernardina, Godeas, Alicia Margarita, Ocampo, J. A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/163837
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/163837
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS
GIGASPORA
GLOMUS
MONOSPORIC CULTURE
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Sumario:We describe here a simple technique for obtaining monosporic cultures of AM fungi. Gigaspora rosea, Gi. sp., Glomus mosseae and G. sp. were used. One surface-sterilized spore was transferred to a 5-cm diameter Petri dish with 10 ml of 10 mM MES buffer, plus 0.04 g of Gel-Gro. The contents of a vermiculite-perlite (1/1, v/v) dish with 2-week-old clover seedlings were transferred onto the Gel-Gro medium with the germinated spore. All plants inoculated with single germinated spores developed mycorrhizas. With this system, non-destructive observation of development of hyphae, formation of fan-like structures, hyphal contact and penetration of AM fungi into the plant root was possible.