Effects of inoculating Lachnum and Cadophora isolates on the growth of Vaccinium corymbosum

Mbizabani, Christine; Dames, Joanna F

Title: Effects of inoculating Lachnum and Cadophora isolates on the growth of Vaccinium corymbosum
Creator: Mbizabani, Christine
Creator: Dames, Joanna F
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444024
Identifier: vital:74179
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2015.08.005
Description: The roots of ericaceous plants harbour a diversity of fungal taxa, which confer eco-physiological benefits to the host. Some of the fungi have been established to form ericoid mycorrhizal (ERM) associations and enhance plant growth in certain ericaceous genera. Although, Lachnum and Cadophora isolates have frequently been identified from the roots of this family, the status of their association and functional roles is still vague. The aims of this study were to identify Lachnum and Cadophora isolates; determine the root-fungal interactive structures formed in associations with Vaccinium corymbosum L. (blueberry) hosts and to examine inoculation effects of the fungal associates using several varieties of the blueberry. Lachnum and Cadophora were isolated and identified from Erica cerinthoides L. and Erica demmissa Klotzsch ex Benth using morphological and molecular techniques. Micropropagated blueberry varieties (Bluecrop, Elliott, Spartan, Chandler and Brightwell) were inoculated with respective fungi and plant growth evaluated. Both fungi colonised the roots and did not have any pathogenic effect.
Format: 7 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Microbiological Research
Relation: Bizabani, C. and Dames, J., 2015. Effects of inoculating Lachnum and Cadophora isolates on the growth of Vaccinium corymbosum. Microbiological Research, 181, pp.68-74
Relation: Microbiological Research volume 181 number 1 68 74 2015 0944-5013
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