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Changes in the diversity of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi after cultivation for biofuel production in a Guantanamo (Cuba) tropical system [1]

The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a key, integral component of the stability, sustainability and functioning of ecosystems. In this study, we characterised the AMF biodiversity in a native vegetation soil and in a soil cultivated with Jatropha curcas or Ricinus communis, in a tropical system in Guantanamo (Cuba), in order to verify if a change of land use to biofuel plant production had any effect on the AMF communities.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2012
Maria del Mar Alguacil [2], Emma Torrecillas [3], Guillermina Hernández & et al [4]
PLoS ONE [5]
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Tags:
Biofuel [6], Micro Organisms [7], Biodiversity [8], Cuba [9], Land Use [10], Soil Capability [11], Ecosystems [12]
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