The Role of Endomycorrhizae in Revegetation Practices in the Semi-Arid West. II. A Bioassay to Determine the Effect of Land Disturbance on Endomycorrhizal Populations

• DOI: 10.2307/2442619
• Publication Date: 2006-04-21T07:38:42Z
• Authors: Thomas Moorman; F. Brent Reeves
• Keywords: Glomus; Revegetation

Populations of the endomycorrhizal fungus Glomus fasciculatus were significantly reduced following land disturbance in western Colorado soil. A bioassay was developed to measure changes population. In bioassay, inoculum levels measured by comparing percentage infection corn (Zea mays) root systems thirty days after planting undisturbed or disturbed soils. The 2% soil compared 77% adjacent identified as endophyte both Considering importance and function fungi their plant hosts reduction active may be an important ecological factor subsequent succession.