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Influence Of Soil Chemical Properties On Relative Abundance Of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza In Forested Soils In Malaysia, Kian Huat Ong, John Keen Chubo, Jie Hung King, Chia Shing Lee, Dennis Shan An Su, Philip Sipen
Influence Of Soil Chemical Properties On Relative Abundance Of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza In Forested Soils In Malaysia, Kian Huat Ong, John Keen Chubo, Jie Hung King, Chia Shing Lee, Dennis Shan An Su, Philip Sipen
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
The effect of soil chemical properties on the diversity and colonization of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) varies among ecosystems. This study was conducted to assess and compare the abundance of AM in a rehabilitated forest and a logged-over forest soil using the most probable number and spore number methods. Glomus (71.7%-82.1%) and Acaulospora (17.4%-19.5%) were found to be abundant in both sites, while Gigaspora was found only in the logged-over forest. The abundance of AM in the rehabilitated forest based on the spore count was significantly higher than in the logged-over forest by a 6-fold difference. Furthermore, root colonization in the …