C Nova Hedwigia, Vol.

115 (2022), Issue 3-4, 487–517

Stuttgart, November 2022
Article

Tropical deciduous species under different land use

retain a high glomerospores diversity and arbuscular
and septate endophyte colonization

Martin Hassan Polo-Marcial1*, Luis Alberto Lara-Pérez2,

Bruno Tomio Goto3, Juan Carlos Noa-Carrazana4,
Francisco Díaz-Fleischer4, Antonio Andrade-Torres4
1 Doctorado en Ciencias en Ecología y Biotecnología, Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología
Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. De las Culturas Veracruzanas No. 101, Campus para la
Cultura, las Artes y el Deporte, Col. Emiliano Zapata, C.P. 91090, Xalapa Veracruz, México
2
Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Instituto Tecnológico de la Zona Maya, Carretera
Chetumal-Escárcega km 21.5 Ejido Juan Sarabia, C.P. 77965 Quintana Roo, México
3
Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte,
Campus Universitário, 59064-741, Natal, RN, Brasil
4
Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. De las Culturas
Veracruzanas No. 101, Campus para la Cultura, las Artes y el Deporte, Col. Emiliano Zapata,
C.P. 91090, Xalapa Veracruz, México
* Corresponding author: hassan.marcial@gmail.com

With 5 figures and 2 tables

Abstract: AMF communities are generally more diverse in natural, including those with deciduous
trees, than in agricultural habitats. Although it is known that leaf fall affects the structure and rich-
ness of AMF communities and the level of root colonization by these fungi, it is not known wheth-
er dark septate endophytes react similarly in this regard. We collected rhizosphere soil and root
samples of Cedrela odorata in the dry season in four land uses (agroecosystem, agroforestry, peri-
urban garden, and secondary vegetation). The asynchronous leaf fall of C. odorata during the same
dry season allows collecting individuals with different leaf phenology. We evaluated AMF and DSE
colonization in land uses where trees were with and without foliage and determined glomerospores
richness in each land use. We detected inverse patterns in the colonization of AMF and DSE, with
significant differences between trees with and without foliage (P<0.05). In total, we recorded 67
species, belonging to 10 families and 18 genera, of which the genera Acaulospora (19 spp.) and
Glomus (12 spp.) dominated. We did not detect a correlation between glomerospore abundance and
land use, however, it did affect the presence of the order Gigasporales and the family Acaulo-
sporaceae, but not the family Glomeraceae. Acaulospora spinosissima is reported as a new record
for Mexico. The richness of AMF in this study represented 42% of that reported in Mexico. C. odo-

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Germany  DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2022/0723 0029-5035/2022/0723 $ 7.75