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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi prevalence and diversity in Zimbabwean soils

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The prevalence and population levels of VAM fungi in a range of field soilenvironments in Zimbabwe were determined. The main VAM generaAcaulospora, Scutellospora, Gigaspora, Glomus, Sclerocystls andEntrophospora were represented in the study sites. The relativeabundance was Glomus > Acaulospora > Scutellospora > Sclerocystis> Gigaspora > Entrophospora at all sites except at Chabwino (fallowsoil) and Thorn Park (sorghum) where Acaulospora < Scutellospora andSclerocystis > Scutellospora = Acaulospora. Relative proportions of thedifferent VAM genera were similar across soils but population sizesvaried with soil management. There was no clear relationship betweenVAM spore numbers and cropping history although among the cultivatedplots, soils that had legumes as the previous or current crop generallyhad higher VAM populations than under sorghum. Of the soil parametersmeasured, only percent organic carbon was significantly correlatedwith VAM numbers and infective propagules.

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