VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE ON PISTACIA SP

The mycorrhizal status of indigenous P. lentiscus and P. terebinthus in two prospective P. vera growing areas has been assessed and found to be forming vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae. P. vera, P. atlantica and P. palestina from commercial and experimental plantations were also shown to have VA-mycorrhizae. A bioassay was used to isolate and identify the fungi involved in the symbiosis. The VA-mycorrhizae symbiosis was established under controlled conditions using P. vera, P. terebinthus and P. atlantica as host plants and Glomus mosseae as the endophyte.