Currently plantain cultivation makes excessive use of agrochemicals, condition that threatens a sustainable production system and leads to the degradation of the environment, reducing the quality of the products. Based on the foregoing, and in order to expand knowledge of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with plantain cultivation, the aim of this study was to isolate and identify fungal morphotypes that form symbiosis with plantain (Musa AAB Simmonds cv. Hartón), in farms from seven municipalities of the department of Córdoba, Colombia. In each farm, soil samples from the first 20 cm of soil depth in the rhizosphere area were taken to the soil laboratory at Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia, where spores were extracted using the OHM and the Jemkins modified methods, grounded on wet sieving in sucrose gradient. Morphological identification of the species was carried out taking into account spores characteristics, and evaluating the following parameters: number of spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), relative abundance, and diversity and dominance indexes. In seven localities, the genera Glomus, Acaulospora and Scutellospora were found. The most abundant genus was Glomus, recording for G. morphospecies 02 the highest number of spores, followed by G. deserticola. The municipalities with highest number of spores were Lorica and Moñitos, while the ones with the lowest amount were Tierralta and Valencia.Key words: Endomycorrhizae, Musa AAB, diversity, dominance, Glomus, morphotype. ResumenActualmente, el cultivo de plátano hace un uso excesivo de agroquímicos, condición que amenaza sistemas de producción sostenibles y conduce a la degradación del medio ambiente, reduciendo la calidad de los productos. Con base en lo anterior y para ampliar el conocimiento de los hongos micorrízicos arbusculares asociados con el cultivo de plátano, el objetivo de este estudio fue aislar e identificar los morfotipos fúngicos que forman esta simbiosis en el plátano (Musa AAB Simmonds) variedad Hartón en fincas de siete municipios del departamento de Córdoba, Colombia. En cada finca se tomaron muestras de suelo en los primeros 20 cm de profundidad en la zona rizosférica llevándose al laboratorio de suelos de la Universidad de Córdoba donde se extrajeron las esporas mediante los métodos OHM y Jemkins modificado, fundamentadas en tamizado en húmedo en gradiente de sacarosa. La identificación morfológica de las especies, se realizó teniendo en cuenta los caracteres de las esporas, evaluando los siguientes parámetros: número de esporas de hongos formadores de micorrizas arbusculares, abundancia relativa e índices de diversidad y dominancia. En las siete localidades se encontraron los géneros Glomus, Acaulospora y Scutellospora, siendo el más abundante el primero, registrando G. morfoespecie 02 el mayor número de esporas, seguida de G. deserticola. Los municipios con mayor número de esporas fue Lorica y Moñitos, y los de menor cantidad fueron Tierralta y Valencia.
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