TY - JOUR
T1 - From isolation to application
T2 - a case study of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of the Arabian Peninsula
AU - Al-Yahya’ei, Mohamed N.
AU - Błaszkowski, Janusz
AU - Al-Hashmi, Hamood
AU - Al-Farsi, Khaled
AU - Al-Rashdi, Ismail
AU - Patzelt, Annette
AU - Boller, Thomas
AU - Wiemken, Andres
AU - Symanczik, Sarah
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Oman Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources; Oman Botanic Garden; University of Basel; the Polish National Centre of Science; the r4d program, the Swiss Programme for Research on global Issues for Development, a partnership of the Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss National Science Foundation with the r4d project ‘‘Application of organic bio-fertilizer technology to improve the sustainability of date palm production and cultivation” under grand number IZ07Z0_160904.
Funding Information:
Open access funding provided by Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. This work was partly funded by the r4d program, the Swiss Programme for Research on global Issues for Development, a partnership of the Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss National Science Foundation with the r4d project ‘‘Application of organic bio-fertilizer technology to improve the sustainability of date palm production and cultivation” under grand number IZ07Z0_160904; the Technical Cooperation Program (2008-2014) between Oman Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources and University of Basel ‘‘Isolation, Efficiency Assessment and Molecular Identification of AMF Strains from Omani Soils”.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Date palm
KW - Desert ecosystem
KW - Mycorrhizal symbiosis
KW - Native plants
KW - Oman
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U2 - 10.1007/s13199-021-00824-x
DO - 10.1007/s13199-021-00824-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120776229
SN - 0334-5114
VL - 86
SP - 123
EP - 132
JO - Symbiosis
JF - Symbiosis
IS - 1
ER -