In vitro ectomycorrhiza formation by monokaryotic and dikaryotic isolates of Pisolithus microcarpus in Eucalyptus grandis

dc.creatorMaurício Dutra Costa
dc.creatorAndré Narvaes da Rocha Campos
dc.creatorMatheus Loureiro Santos
dc.creatorArnaldo Chaer Borges
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:15:22Z
dc.descriptionThe formation of ectomycorrhizas by monokaryotic and dikaryotic isolates of Pisolithus microcarpus (Cooke & Massee) G. Cunn. in Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maid. was studied by in vitro synthesis in Petri dishes. The formation of ectomycorrhizas was observed for all strains tested. Ectomycorrhizas formed by the monokaryotic strains presented a sheath of hyphae around the roots and a Hartig net limited to the epidermis layer, typical of the angiosperm ectomycorrhizas. Colonization rates, a measure of the number of ectomycorrhizas in relation to the total number of lateral root tips, varied from 23 to 62%. Some monokaryotic strains stimulated the formation of lateral roots, promoting increases of up to 109% above the control. The presence of some of the isolates in the in vitro synthesis medium stimulated the production of thicker lateral root tips. The dimensions of the lateral roots tips and ectomycorrhizas varied from one isolate to the next, indicating a variation in their capacity to provoke morphological changes in the host plant roots. The dikaryotic strain M5M11 presented higher values for lateral root yield, number of ectomycorrhizas, and colonization percentage than the corresponding monokaryotic strains, M5 and M11. This indicated the possibility of selecting compatible performing monokaryotic isolates for the yield of superior dikaryotic strains. The set of monokaryotic strains tested varied greatly in their ability to colonize E. grandis roots and cause secondary metabolism-related morphological changes in roots, providing a wealth of model systems for the study of genetic, physiological, and morphogenetic processes involved in Pisolithus-Eucalyptus ectomycorrhiza formation.
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dc.identifier0100-6762
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48815857001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/428291
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Viçosa
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=488
dc.rightsRevista Árvore
dc.sourceRevista Árvore (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.34
dc.subjectAgrociencias
dc.titleIn vitro ectomycorrhiza formation by monokaryotic and dikaryotic isolates of Pisolithus microcarpus in Eucalyptus grandis
dc.typeartículo científico

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