Effects of co-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia on soybean growth as related to root architecture and availability of N and P

Soybean plants can form tripartite symbiotic associations with rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, but little is known about effects of co-inoculation with rhizobia and AM fungi on plant growth, or their relationships to root architecture as well as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability. In the present study, two soybean genotypes contrasting in root architecture were grown in a field experiment to evaluate relationships among soybean root architecture, AMF colonization, and nodulation under natural conditions. Additionally, a soil pot experiment in greenhouse was conducted to investigate the effects of co-inoculation with rhizobia and AM fungi on soybean growth, and uptake of N and P. Our results indicated that there was a complementary relationship between root architecture and AMF colonization in the field. The deep root soybean genotype had greater AMF colonization at low P, but better nodulation with high P supply than the shallow root genotype. A synergistic relationship dependent on N and P status exists between rhizobia and AM fungi on soybean growth. Co-inoculation with rhizobia and AM fungi significantly increased soybean growth under low P and/or low N conditions as indicated by increased shoot dry weight, along with plant N and P content. There were no significant effects of inoculation under adequate N and P conditions. Furthermore, the effects of co-inoculation were related to root architecture. The deep root genotype, HN112, benefited more from co-inoculation than the shallow root genotype, HN89. Our results elucidate new insights into the relationship between rhizobia, AM fungi, and plant growth under limitation of multiple nutrients, and thereby provides a theoretical basis for application of co-inoculation in field-grown soybean.     

Combined inoculation with Glomus intraradices and Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 increases phosphorus use efficiency for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

This study compared the response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and rhizobia strain inoculation. Two common bean genotypes i.e. CocoT and Flamingo varying in their effectiveness for nitrogen fixation were inoculated with Glomus intraradices and Rhizobium tropici CIAT899, and grown for 50 days in soil–sand substrate in glasshouse conditions. Inoculation of common bean plants with the AM fungi resulted in a significant increase in nodulation compared to plants without inoculation. The combined inoculation of AM fungi and rhizobia significantly increased various plant growth parameters compared to simple inoculated plants. In addition, the combined inoculation of AM fungi and rhizobia resulted in significantly higher nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation in the shoots of common bean plants and improved phosphorus use efficiency compared with their controls, which were not dually inoculated. It is concluded that inoculation with rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi could improve the efficiency in phosphorus use for symbiotic nitrogen fixation especially under phosphorus deficiency.     

丛枝菌根真菌与根围促生细菌相互作用的效应与机制

丛枝菌根(arbuscular mycorrhiza,AM)真菌是植物活体营养专性共生菌,广泛存在于陆地各生态系统中.研究表明,AM真菌与根围促生细菌(plant growth promoting rhizobacteria,PGPR)之间的相互作用,尤其是它们之间的协同作用不仅影响植物养分吸收利用、病原物发生发展、土壤理化特性与生物修复等,而且对于可持续农、林、牧业生产、稳定生态系统都具有十分重要的意义.因此,近年来给予众多关注和研究.综述了AM真菌与PGPR之间的相互影响及其可能的作用机制,以及AM真菌与PGPR协同改善植物营养和生长、协同抑制病原菌、协同修复土壤方面的作用,旨在总结AM真菌与PGPR相互作用的效应与机制方面的最新研究进展,为今后研究发展提供依据.     

Cellular interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizosphere bacteria

Summary We have investigated whether direct physical interactions occur between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs), some of which are used as biocontrol agents. Attachment of rhizobia and pseudomonads to the spores and fungal mycelium ofGigaspora margarita has been assessed in vitro and visualized by a combination of electron and confocal microscopy. The results showed that both rhizobia and pseudomonads adhere to spores and hyphae of AM fungi germinated under sterile conditions, although the degree of attachment depended upon the strain.Pseudomonas fluorescens strain WCS 365 andRhizobium leguminosarum strains B556 and 3841 were the most effective colonizers. Extracellular material of bacterial origin containing cellulose produced around the attached bacteria may mediate fungal/bacterial interactions. These results suggest that antagonistic and synergistic interactions between AM fungi and rhizosphere bacteria may be mediated by soluble factors or physical contact. They also support the view that AM fungi are a vehicle for the colonization of plant roots by soil rhizobacteria.Abbreviations AM arbuscular mycorrhiza - PGPR plant growth promoting rhizobacteria - CBH cellobiohydrolase - DAPG 2,4-(diacetyl-phloroglucinol - TY triptone-yeast - LB Lauria-Bertani Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Schnepf on the occasion of his retirement     

The interactive effects of plant microbial symbionts: a review and meta-analysis

In nature, plants often associate with multiple symbionts concurrently, yet the effects of tripartite symbioses are not well understood. We expected synergistic growth responses from plants associating with functionally distinct symbionts. In contrast, symbionts providing similar benefits to a host may reduce host plant growth. We reviewed studies investigating the effect of multiple interactions on host plant performance. Additionally, we conducted a meta-analysis on the studies that performed controlled manipulations of the presence of two microbial symbionts. Using response ratios, we investigated the effects on plants of pairs of symbionts (mycorrhizal fungi, fungal endophytes, and nitrogen-fixers). The results did not support the view that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and rhizobia should interact synergistically. In contrast, we found the joint effects of fungal endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to be greater than expected given their independent effects. This increase in plant performance only held for antagonistic endophytes, whose negative effects were alleviated when in association with AM fungi, while the impact of beneficial endophytes was not altered by infection with AM fungi. Generalizations from the meta-analysis were limited by the substantial variation within types of interactions and the data available, highlighting the need for more research on a range of plant systems.     

Germinating spore exudates from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: molecular and developmental responses in plants and their regulation by ethylene

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi stimulate root development and induce expression of mycorrhization-specific genes in both eudicots and monocots. Diffusible factors released by AM fungi have been shown to elicit similar responses in Medicago truncatula. Colonization of roots by AM fungi is inhibited by ethylene. We compared the effects of germinating spore exudates (GSE) from Glomus intraradices in monocots and in eudicots, their genetic control, and their regulation by ethylene. GSE modify root architecture and induce symbiotic gene expression in both monocots and eudicots. The genetic regulation of root architecture and gene expression was analyzed using M. truncatula and rice symbiotic mutants. These responses are dependent on the common symbiotic pathway as well as another uncharacterized pathway. Significant differences between monocots and eudicots were observed in the genetic control of plant responses to GSE. However, ethylene inhibits GSE-induced symbiotic gene expression and root development in both groups. Our results indicate that GSE signaling shares similarities and differences in monocots versus eudicots, that only a subset of AM signaling pathways has been co-opted in legumes for the establishment of root nodulation with rhizobia, and that regulation of these pathways by ethylene is a feature conserved across higher land plants.     

The Lotus japonicus LjSym4 gene is required for the successful symbiotic infection of root epidermal cells

The role of the Lotus japonicus LjSym4 gene during the symbiotic interaction with Mesorhizobium loti and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi was analyzed with two mutant alleles conferring phenotypes of different strength. Ljsym4-1 and Ljsym4-2 mutants do not form nodules with M. loti. Normal root hair curling and infection threads are not observed, while a nodC-dependent deformation of root hair tips indicates that nodulation factors are still perceived by Ljsym4 mutants. Fungal infection attempts on the mutants generally abort within the epidermis, but Ljsym4-1 mutants allow rare, successful, infection events, leading to delayed arbuscule formation. On roots of mutants homozygous for the Ljsym4-2 allele, arbuscule formation was never observed upon inoculation with either of the two AM fungi, Glomus intraradices or Gigaspora margarita. The strategy of epidermal penetration by G. margarita was identical for Ljsym4-2 mutants and the parental line, with appressoria, hyphae growing between two epidermal cells, penetration of epidermal cells through their anticlinal wall. These observations define a novel, genetically controlled step in AM colonization. Although rhizobia penetrate the tip of root hairs and AM fungi access an entry site near the base of epidermal cells, the LjSym4 gene is necessary for the appropriate response of this cell type to both microsymbionts. We propose that LjSym4 is required for the initiation or coordinated expression of the host plant cell's accommodation program, allowing the passage of both microsymbionts through the epidermis layer.     

贵州栽培笃斯越橘DSE真菌、AM真菌与ERM真菌空间分布研究

为探明贵州省栽培笃斯越橘根系深色有隔内生真菌（dark septate endophytes,DSE）、丛枝菌根（arbuscular mycorrhiza,AM）真菌与欧石南菌根（ericoid mycorrhiza,ERM）真菌的定殖及地理分布情况,揭示共生真菌在栽培笃斯越橘生长中的地位,本研究在贵州省笃斯越橘主栽区麻江县、凤岗县和高坡乡分别选取主栽品种圆蓝、粉蓝、奥尼尔和莱格西的根样及根围土样,观测不同地区不同品种根样DSE真菌、AM真菌和ERM真菌的定殖结构和定殖率,并测定土样土壤理化性质,分析不同真菌与土壤因子相关性。结果表明,3个地区的4个笃斯越橘品种均有DSE真菌、AM真菌和ERM真菌定殖,栽培笃斯越橘能与3类真菌形成共生关系,平均定殖率分别为61.11%、25.55%和22.50%。DSE真菌定殖率：高坡（62.50%）>麻江（61.66%）>凤岗（59.16%）;AM真菌定殖率：凤岗（34.14%）>麻江（25.83%）>高坡（16.66%）;ERM真菌定殖率：高坡（35.00%）>凤岗（20.00%）>麻江（12.5%）。相关性分析表明,DSE真菌中的菌丝与微菌核的定殖率呈负相关,AM真菌的总定殖率及定殖强度与微菌核的定殖率呈极显著正相关,与DSE真菌菌丝的定殖率呈负相关。ERM真菌总定殖率与DSE真菌菌丝的定殖率及AM真菌定殖强度呈极显著正相关,与DSE真菌总定殖率呈显著正相关。土壤有效磷与DSE真菌和ERM真菌总定殖率呈显著正相关,与AM真菌定殖率呈显著负相关。土壤铵态氮与DSE真菌中微菌核结构定殖率及AM真菌定殖率呈极显著正相关,与ERM真菌定殖率呈极显著负相关。土壤pH值与DSE定殖强度呈显著负相关,与ERM定殖强度呈极显著正相关。本研究分析比较贵州省3个笃斯越橘种植基地不同品种栽培笃斯越橘DSE真菌、AM真菌和ERM真菌的定殖及其与土壤理化性质之间的相关性,为贵州省栽培笃斯越橘的管理和发展提供技术基础和理论依据。     

丛枝菌根真菌参与下植物-土壤系统的养分交流及调控

近几年随着有机农业的发展,丛枝菌根的作用受到特别关注。丛枝菌根是由植物根系与丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)形成的一种共生体。在植物-AMF-土壤系统中,AMF为植物提供N、P等营养的同时从根系得到所需的C。概述了植物-AMF-土壤系统中C、N、P等营养物质的交流以及AMF与土壤微生物的互作关系。丛枝菌根的形成可显著提高植物对P的吸收,且在高P条件下多余的P可储存于AMF中。AMF对土壤N循环的影响相当复杂,可能参与调控N循环的多个过程,如硝化作用、反硝化作用和氨氧化作用等。在有机质丰富的土壤中AMF菌丝可快速扩增并吸收其中的N,主要供菌丝自身所需,只有一小部分传递给植物。AMF对土壤C库的影响尚存争议,可能存在时间尺度的差异。短期内可活化土壤C,而在长期尺度上可能有利于土壤C的储存。AMF能够通过改变土壤微生物群落结构而影响植物-土壤体系的物质交流。AMF与解磷菌、根瘤菌和放线菌的协同增效作用可促进土壤有机质的降解或增强其固氮能力;AMF对氨氧化菌的抑制作用可降低氨的氧化减少N2O的释放。AMF与外生共生真菌EMF共存时,表现出协同增效作用,但EMF的优先定殖会限制AMF的侵染。AMF不同类群之间则主要表现为竞争和拮抗关系。AMF与土壤微生物之间的互作关系受土壤无机环境的影响,在养分亏缺条件下微生物之间往往表现为竞争关系。因植物、AMF与土壤微生物之间存在复杂的互作关系,为此AMF并不总是表现出其对植物营养的促进作用。目前关于AMF的作用机理仍以假说为主,需要进一步的实验验证。在植物-AMF-土壤系统中N与C的交流和P与C的交流并未表现出一致性,对N、P循环相互关系的进一步探讨有助于深入理解植物-土壤体系中的养分循环。植物、AMF和土壤微生物的养分来源及其对养分的相对需求强度和吸收效率尚未可知,因此无法深入理解AMF在植物-土壤体系中养分交流和转化的作用。在方法上,传统的土壤学方法在养分动态研究中存在局限性,现代分子生物学手段和化学计量学的结合值得尝试。     

Arbuscular mycorrhizal adaptation,spore germination,root colonization,and host plant growth and mineral acquisition at low pH

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi colonize plant roots and often enhance host plant growth and mineral acquisition, particularly for plants grown under low nutrient and mineral stress conditions. Information about AM fungi and mycorrhizal ( +AM) host plant responses at low pH ( < 5) is limited. Acaulospora are widely reported in acid soil, and Gigaspora sp. appear to be more common in acid soils than Glomus sp. Spores of some AM fungi are more tolerant to acid conditions and high Al than others; t Acaulospora sp., Gigaspora sp., and Glomus manihotis are particularly tolerant. Root colonization is generally less in low than in high pH soils. Percentage root colonization is generally not related to dry matter (DM) produced. Maximum enhancement of plant growth in acid soil varies with AM fungal isolate and soil pH, indicating adaptation of AM isolates to edaphic conditions. Acquisition of many mineral nutrients other than P and Zn is enhanced by +AM plants in acid soil, and the minerals whose concentration is enhanced are those commonly deficient in acid soils (Ca, Mg, and K). Some AM fungal isolates are effective in overcoming soil acidity factors, especially Al toxicity, that restrict plant growth at low pH.     

Roots and Their Symbiotic Microbes: Strategies to Obtain Nitrogen and Phosphorus in a Nutrient-Limiting Environment

The association between Rhizobium and legumes and that between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and most land plants display a remarkable degree of similarity. Both events involve the recognition of, entrance into, and coexistence within the plant root, with the development of a specialized interface that always separates the two partners and at which nutrient exchange occurs. Molecules produced by rhizobia during the early stages of the symbiosis are related to fungal chitin, and the plant responds to both microbes with an increase in the production of flavonoids, which may assist in recognition and development of the symbioses. Many of the same plant genes are up-regulated in the two symbiotic pathways, and notably plants that are Nod^? are often defective in the AM association as well. However, there are a number of differences between the associations, and these are important for understanding the relationship between the two symbioses. The Rhizobium and AM symbioses will be compared and the question of whether the nitrogen-fixing association evolved from the much more ancient AM symbiosis will be discussed.     

A dominant function of CCaMK in intracellular accommodation of bacterial and fungal endosymbionts

In legumes, Ca²⁺/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase (CCaMK) is a component of the common symbiosis genes that are required for both root nodule (RN) and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbioses and is thought to be a decoder of Ca²⁺ spiking, one of the earliest cellular responses to microbial signals. A gain‐of‐function mutation of CCaMK has been shown to induce spontaneous nodulation without rhizobia, but the significance of CCaMK activation in bacterial and/or fungal infection processes is not fully understood. Here we show that a gain‐of‐function CCaMK^T265D suppresses loss‐of‐function mutations of common symbiosis genes required for the generation of Ca²⁺ spiking, not only for nodule organogenesis but also for successful infection of rhizobia and AM fungi, demonstrating that the common symbiosis genes upstream of Ca²⁺ spiking are required solely to activate CCaMK. In RN symbiosis, however, CCaMK^T265D induced nodule organogenesis, but not rhizobial infection, on Nod factor receptor (NFRs) mutants. We propose a model of symbiotic signaling in host legume plants, in which CCaMK plays a key role in the coordinated induction of infection thread formation and nodule organogenesis.     

The developmental ecology of mycorrhizal associations in mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, Berberidaceae

Associations between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are widespread and well-studied. Yet little is known about the pattern of association between clonal plants and AM fungi. Here we report on the pattern of mycorrhizal association within the rhizome systems of mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum. Mayapple is a long-lived understory clonal herb that is classified as obligately mycorrhizal. We found that while all mayapple rhizome systems maintained mycorrhizal associations, the percent colonization of roots by AM fungi differed among ramets of different age. The highest concentrations of AM fungi were in the roots of intermediate-aged ramets, while roots beneath the youngest ramet were not colonized. This pattern of ramet age or position-dependent colonization was observed in two separate studies; each conducted in a different year and at a different site. The pattern of AM fungal colonization of mayapple rhizome systems suggests that the mycorrhizal relationship is facultative at the ramet level. This conclusion is reinforced by our observation that augmentation of soil phosphate lowers root colonization by AM fungi. We also found that soil phosphate concentrations were depleted by ca. 1% under the same ramet positions where roots bore the highest AM fungal loads. Three non-exclusive hypotheses are proposed regarding the mechanisms that might cause this developmentally dependent pattern of mycorrhizal association.     

Mycorrhizal fungal growth responds to soil characteristics,but not host plant identity,during a primary lacustrine dune succession

Soil factors and host plant identity can both affect the growth and functioning of mycorrhizal fungi. Both components change during primary succession, but it is unknown if their relative importance to mycorrhizas also changes. This research tested how soil type and host plant differences among primary successional stages determine the growth and plant effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities. Mycorrhizal fungal community, plant identity, and soil conditions were manipulated among three stages of a lacustrine sand dune successional series in a fully factorial greenhouse experiment. Late succession AM fungi produced more arbuscules and soil hyphae when grown in late succession soils, although the community was from the same narrow phylogenetic group as those in intermediate succession. AM fungal growth did not differ between host species, and plant growth was similarly unaffected by different AM fungal communities. These results indicate that though ecological filtering and/or adaptation of AM fungi occurs during this primary dune succession, it more strongly reflects matching between fungi and soils, rather than interactions between fungi and host plants. Thus, AM fungal performance during this succession may not depend directly on the sequence of plant community succession.     

Phosphorus,arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and performance of the wetland plant Lythrum salicaria L. under inundated conditions

The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in aquatic and semi-aquatic environments is poorly understood, although they may play a significant role in the establishment and maintenance of wetland plant communities. We tested the hypothesis that AM fungi have little effect on plant response to phosphorus (P) supply in inundated soils as evidenced by an absence of increased plant performance in inoculated (AM+) versus non-inoculated (AM-) Lythrum salicaria plants grown under a range of P availabilities (0-40 mg/l P). We also assessed the relationship between P supply and levels of AM colonization under inundated conditions. The presence of AM fungi had no detectable benefit for any measures of plant performance (total shoot height, shoot dry weight, shoot fresh weight, root fresh weight, total root length or total root surface area). AM+ plants displayed reduced shoot height at 10 mg/l P. Overall, shoot fresh to dry weight ratios were higher in AM+ plants although the biological significance of this was not determined. AM colonization levels were significantly reduced at P concentrations of 5 mg/l and higher. The results support the hypothesis that AM fungi have little effect on plant response to P supply in inundated conditions and suggest that the AM association can become uncoupled at relatively high levels of P supply.     

五指山常见热带树种的丛枝菌根真菌多样性

采用野外调查的方法,分析了五指山不同海拔高度7个科10种常见热带树种形成丛枝菌根(Arbuscular Mycorrhizal,AM)的状况及其根际土壤中AM真菌的多样性。结果表明,所调查的10种热带常见树种都能形成AM共生体,其菌根侵染率随寄主植物的不同,从21.8%～90.5%变化不等,同时,在10种常见植物的根系中也都观察到了AM真菌的典型结构——丛枝和泡囊。从10种植物的根际土壤中共分离到36种AM真菌,隶属于Acaulospora,Glomus,Gigaspora和Scutellospora4个属,其中,Glomus属的真菌是该地区的优势类群,其出现频度和相对多度分别为84%和56%。在所调查的10种热带常见树种中,Swietenia macrophylla根际AM真菌的孢子最丰富,密度高达7.32;Machilus namu根际的AM真菌种类则最为丰富,多样性指数达到1.6548。通过对不同海拔高度Swietenia macrophylla根际AM真菌分布的分析表明,海拔高度显著影响着AM真菌的分布,Gigaspora属的真菌随海拔高度的增加显著升高,Scutellospora属的真菌则显著降低。     

Roots and Their Symbiotic Microbes: Strategies to Obtain Nitrogen and Phosphorus in a Nutrient-Limiting Environment

The association between Rhizobium and legumes and that between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and most land plants display a remarkable degree of similarity. Both events involve the recognition of, entrance into, and coexistence within the plant root, with the development of a specialized interface that always separates the two partners and at which nutrient exchange occurs. Molecules produced by rhizobia during the early stages of the symbiosis are related to fungal chitin, and the plant responds to both microbes with an increase in the production of flavonoids, which may assist in recognition and development of the symbioses. Many of the same plant genes are up-regulated in the two symbiotic pathways, and notably plants that are Nod^– are often defective in the AM association as well. However, there are a number of differences between the associations, and these are important for understanding the relationship between the two symbioses. The Rhizobium and AM symbioses will be compared and the question of whether the nitrogen-fixing association evolved from the much more ancient AM symbiosis will be discussed.     

Survey of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in deforested and natural forest land in the subtropical region of Dujiangyan, southwest China

The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in deforested (Mantoushan) and natural forest (Banruosi) land in the subtropical region of Dujiangyan was surveyed and compared. A total of 44 taxa of AM fungi were isolated, and the same number of AM fungus taxa (34 taxa) was found in both deforested and natural forest land. Acaulospora and Glomus were the dominant genera in the two sites. Glomus convolutum and G. versiforme were the dominant species in the natural forest land, while only G. versiforme was dominant in the deforested land. There was no significant difference in total spore density of AM fungi between the two sites, but the total species richness of AM fungi was significantly higher in the deforested land than in the natural forest land. The Shannon-Weiner index of AM fungus diversity was a higher in the natural forest land (2.67) than in the deforested land (2.15). There was high AM fungus composition similarity (Sorenson's coefficient C _S=0.71) between the two sites. We suggest that there was little effect of deforestation on the diversity of AM fungi, and that annual herbaceous plants play a major role in maintaining and increasing AM fungus spore density and species richness in deforested land.     

Forms of nitrogen uptake, translocation, and transfer via arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A review

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate symbionts that colonize the roots of more than 80% of land plants. Experiments on the relationship between the host plant and AM in soil or in sterile root-organ culture have provided clear evidence that the extraradical mycelia of AM fungi uptake various forms of nitrogen (N) and transport the assimilated N to the roots of the host plant. However, the uptake mechanisms of various forms of N and its translocation and transfer from the fungus to the host are virtually unknown. Therefore, there is a dearth of integrated models describing the movement of N through the AM fungal hyphae. Recent studies examined Ri T-DNA-transformed carrot roots colonized with AM fungi in ¹⁵N tracer experiments. In these experiments, the activities of key enzymes were determined, and expressions of genes related to N assimilation and translocation pathways were quantified. This review summarizes and discusses the results of recent research on the forms of N uptake, transport, degradation, and transfer to the roots of the host plant and the underlying mechanisms, as well as research on the forms of N and carbon used by germinating spores and their effects on amino acid metabolism. Finally, a pathway model summarizing the entire mechanism of N metabolism in AM fungi is outlined.     

西双版纳地区龙脑香科植物AM真菌的初步研究

 对云南省西双版纳地区17种龙脑香科树种根系丛枝菌根（Arbuscular mycorrhiza, AM）真菌的定居情况进行了调查,并对根围土壤中AM真菌进行了分离和鉴定。结果表明,调查根样均有不同程度的菌根感染,感染率最高可达40%,调查揭示了西双版纳地区龙脑香科植物在自然条件下可形成丛枝菌根。初步从龙脑香科植物根际土壤中分离、鉴定出32种AM真菌,隶属于无梗囊霉属（Acaulospora）、球囊霉属（Glomus）、原囊霉属（Achaeospora）、拟球囊霉属（Paraglomus）和盾巨孢囊霉属（Scutellospora）,其中,无梗囊霉属和球囊霉属真菌为西双版纳地区龙脑香科植物AM真菌优势类群。