Abstract
Abstract The vegetation in the Arabian Peninsula experiences drought, heat, soil salinity, and low fertility, mainly due to low phosphorus (P) availability. The beneficial mycorrhizal symbiosis between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is a key factor supporting plant growth under such environmental conditions. Therefore, AMF strains isolated from these soils might be useful as biotechnological tools for agriculture and revegetation practices in the region. Here we present a pioneering program to isolate, identify, and apply AMF isolated from rhizosphere soils of agricultural and natural habitats, namely date palm plantations and five native desert plants, respectively in the Southern Arabian Peninsula. We established taxonomically unique AMF species as single-spore cultures as part of an expanding collection of AMF strains adapted to arid ecosystems. Preliminary experiments were conducted to evaluate the abilities of these AMF strains to promote seedling growth of a main crop Phoenix dactylifera L. and a common plant Prosopis cineraria L. (Druce) in the Arabian Peninsula. The results showed that inoculation with certain AMF species enhanced the growth of both plants, highlighting the potential of these fungi as part of sustainable land use practices in this region.
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Taxonomically unique AMF species were established as single-spore cultures.
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- single-spore culturese0
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e0“We established taxonomically unique AMF species as single-spore cultures as part of an expanding collection of AMF strains adapted to arid ecosystems.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with certain AMF species enhanced Phoenix dactylifera seedling growth.
- Taxon
- Phoenix dactylifera L.
Phoenix dactyliferae0 - Treatment
- inoculation with certain AMF speciese1
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- AMF speciese1symbiont
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- growthe1
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- enhancede1
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e0“seedling growth of a main crop Phoenix dactylifera L. and a common plant Prosopis cineraria L. (Druce)”
e1“inoculation with certain AMF species enhanced the growth of both plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with certain AMF species enhanced Prosopis cineraria seedling growth.
- Taxon
- Prosopis cineraria L. (Druce)
Prosopis cinerariae0 - Treatment
- inoculation with certain AMF speciese1
- Interactor
- AMF speciese1symbiont
- Outcome
- growthe1
- Direction
- enhancede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seedling growth of a main crop Phoenix dactylifera L. and a common plant Prosopis cineraria L. (Druce)”
e1“inoculation with certain AMF species enhanced the growth of both plants”
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