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Abstract

Understanding the community composition and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in an agricultural ecosystem is important for exploiting their potential in sustainable crop production. In this study, we described the genetic diversity and community structure of indigenous AMF in rain-fed rice cultivars across six different regions in Ghana. The morphological and molecular analyses revealed a total of 15 different AMF genera isolated from rice roots. Rhizophagus and Glomus were observed to be predominant in all regions except the Ashanti region, which was dominated by the genera Scutellospora and Acaulospora. A comparison of AMF diversity among the agroecological zones revealed that Guinea Savannah had the highest diversity. Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) analysis indicated that the available phosphorus (AP) in the soil was the principal determining factor for shaping the AMF community structure (p < 0.05). We report, for the first time, AMF diversity and community structure in rice roots and how communities are affected by the chemical properties of soil from different locations in Ghana.

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Title
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Ghana: Effect of Regional Locations and Soil Factors on Diversity and Community Assembly
Author
Sarkodee-Addo, Elsie; Yasuda, Michiko; Lee, Chol Gyu  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kanasugi, Makoto; Fujii, Yoshiharu  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Richard Ansong Omari; Samuel Oppong Abebrese  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bam, Ralph; Asuming-Brempong, Stella; Khondoker Mohammad Golam Dastogeer  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Okazaki, Shin  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
First page
559
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734395
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2391007629
Copyright
© 2020. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.