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Tipo de publicación: Artículos científicos (Publicados en revistas de divulgación o científicas)

Título del artículo: ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI INCREASE THE SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF MICROPROPAGATED COCONUT (COCOS NUCIFERA L.) PLANTLETS

Registrado por: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant

Año de publicación: 2023

Resumen: Coconut is a crop of economic importance, and protocols for the propagation in vitro of coconut are already in use. However, during acclimatization, some micropropagated plants or plantlets do not survive. There are reports that show that the application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) improves the development of plants. So far, there are no reports of acclimatization of coconut plantlets with or without AMF. Therefore, this study reports the evaluation of survival and growth during acclimatization of coconut plantlets (obtained by somatic embryogenesis) testing inoculation with native or commercial AMF. Survival increased from 1.19 to 1.24-fold with native AMF, but no increase occurred with commercial AMF. Growth and photosynthetic parameters were evaluated, and there were no significant changes among treatments at 180 d. However, 6 mo later, there was a significant increase in height, leaf area, and stem diameter in plantlets inoculated with commercial AMF. There were differences in the development of secondary roots when plantlets were treated with commercial AMF. The colonization with native AMF showed a greater proportion of coils and hyphae, whereas, with commercial AMF, arbuscules and hyphae were more abundant. According to this study’s results, AMF inoculation can be recommended to improve the survival and growth of micropropagated coconut plantlets.

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Autor(es): N. Gómez-Falcón, L. A. Sáenz-Carbonell, A. Andrade-Torres, L. A. Lara-Pérez, M. Narváez & C. Oropeza

Campo: Biotecnologia

Disciplina: Agrobiotecnologia

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Número de registro: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-023-10345-5