02024naa a2200349 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000140006024501980007426000090027252010130028165000110129465000150130565000250132065000250134565000260137065000120139665000140140865000200142265000090144265300110145165300230146265300120148565300150149765300100151270000140152270000130153670000210154970000170157070000220158777300650160913262152011-07-19       2006    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aKANNO, T.  aImportance of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhiza for growth and phosphorus uptake in tropical forage grasses growing on na acid, infertile soil from the Brazilian savannas.h[electronic resource]  c2006  aA pot experiment was conducted to examine the significance of indigenous arbuscular mycrorrhizal fungi (AMF) for growth and phosphorus upatake in some important introduced forage grasses at different soil pH levels in a Brazilian Oxisol. Plants of Brachiaria brizantha (BB), B decumbens (BD), B.humidicola (HU) and panicum maximum (PM) were grown in a glasshouse for 70 days with or inoculation with indigenous AMF at 3 levels of initial soi pH (4, 3, 5.1 and 6,4) After the growth period. dry weight, concentration of phosphorus (P) and P uptake were determined in both shoots and roots. Inoculation with AMF increased both shoot and root dry weighs in BD, BB and PM, but not in HU. Shoot and root P concentrations and total P uptake per pot in all species were improved y mycorrhizal inoculation. Plant growth and P uptade were directly related to soil pH in al grass speceis. All grass species showed the highese mycrorrhizal dependency for dry matter producrtion and P uptake at the lowest soil pH level.  aBrazil  aphosphorus  aBrachiaria Brizantha  aBrachiaria Decumbens  aBrachiaria Humidicola  aCerrado  aMicorriza  aPanicum Maximum  aSolo  aBrasil  aBrazilian savannas  aFósfor  aMycorrhiza  aSoils1 aSAITO, M.1 aANDO, Y.1 aMACEDO, M. C. M.1 aNAKAMURA, T.1 aMIRANDA, C. H. B.  tTropical Grasslands, Brisbanegv. 40, n. 2, p. 94-101, 2006.