The interaction between soil microbial diversity and the plants colonization by arbuscular micorrystal fungi (AMFS)

• Grant number: 18/14589-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso
• Grantee: Ana Beatriz Sepulveda de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/18944-3 - Climatic changes and energetic efficiency in agriculture: focusing on hydric stress, organic management and soil biology, AP.PFPMCG.TEM

Abstract

This training will focus on AMFS colonization studies of corn and sugarcane plants. The ability and efficiency of colonization by AMFS will be evaluated due to variations in soil biodiversity. This work aims to simulate the biological degradation of the soil and verify its effect on this important interaction between the plants and the AMF. The student will be involved in a series of different analyzes, which will give him an important training in soil microbiology.