Study of the Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Highway Slopes of Taza Region (North-East of Morocco)
El Hazzat Naila
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
Artib Mariam
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
El Gabardi Soumaya
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
Jihane Touati
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
Mohamed Chliyeh
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
Amina Ouazzani Touhami
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
Rachid Benkirane
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
Allal Douira *
Laboratoire de Botanique, Biotechnologie et Protection des Plantes, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibn Tofail, BP. 133, Kénitra, Maroc (Morocco).
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) was examined in the cut and filled slopes of Taza region (North-East of Morocco). The identification of the spores isolated from these two types of slopes has revealed 29 species belonging to 7 genera: Glomus (14 species), Acaulospora (6 species), Gigaspora (2 species), Pacispora (3 species), Entrophospora (2 species), Scutellospora (1 species), Funelliformis (1 species), 6 families (Glomeraceae, Gigasporaceae, Acaulosporaceae, Pacisporaceae, Scutellosporaceae, Entrophosporaceae) and 3 orders (Glomerales, Gigasporales, Diversisporales). The number of specific species to cut and filled slopes is respectively 12 and 6 species and the number of species common to the two types of slopes is 11 species. All these species will serve, after multiplication, as sources of endomycorrhizal inoculum, which can enhance the growth and increase the resistance of plants, used for vegetation and restoration of the slopes.
Keywords: Endomychorrizal fungi, highway, slopes, Morocco