Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Temperate Grassland Forage Species of Argentina

The Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Their Associations in South America: A Case Study of Argentinean and Brazilian Cattle Raising Productive Ecosystems: A Review

“…This work reviewed the impact of cattle raising on soil propagule multiplication and the diversity of the indigenous AMF species by comparing the AMF diversity in South American grasslands and pastures with special focus in Argentina and Brazil, where only 1% to 10% of these areas are protected [69]. In this review, we focused on the natural and agronomic grassy ecosystems, with economic importance for the different regions of South America, with details for Argentina and Brazil, two South American countries with the highest number of publications in AMF diversity [37,39,70], and their associations in grasslands and pastures [71,72].…”

“…Along communities of mesothermic grasses of the Pampa region, the AMF family's diversity and root colonization have been shown to be good indicators of soil pH and exchangeable Na features and of management conditions such as herbicide use [92]. In these pastures, Glomeraceae was the most abundant family under cattle grazing [72], and similar results have been registered in Tierra del Fuego natural grasslands used as sheep pastures [90] and for C 4 E. curvula monospecific pasture in the Espinal region with prevalence of rhizophilic AMF guild followed by ancestral and a few edaphophilic species [93,94].…”