01661naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024501120007926000090019152010990020065000240129965300120132365300190133565300110135465300100136570000180137577300740139316464052023-04-25       1988    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aHung, L. L. L.  aProduction of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Inoculum in Aeroponic Culture.h[electronic resource]  c1988  aBahia grass (Paspalum notatum) and industrial sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) colonized by Glomus deserticola, G. etunicatum, and G. intraradices were grown in aeroponic cultures. After 12 to 14 weeks, all roots were colonized by the inoculated vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Abundant vesicles and arbusculesformed in the roots, and profuse sporulation was detedted intra-and extraradically. Within each fungal species, industrial sweet potato contained significantly more roots and spores per plant than bahia grass did, although the percent root colonization was similar for both hosts. Mean percent rood colonization and sporulation per centimeter of colonized root generally increased with time, although with some treatments colonization declined by week 14. Spore production renged from 4 spores per cm of re indicated no biological differences between the spore sources. Aeroponically produced G. deserticola and G. etunicatum inocula retained their infectivity after cold storage (4Graus C) in either sterile water or moist vermiculite for at least 4 and 9 months, respectively.  aGlomus Intraradices  aDoencas  aGlomus musseal  aRaizes  aSolos1 aSylvia, D. M.  tApplied and Environmental Microbiologygv. 54, n. 2, p.353-357, 1988.