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• TITLE: Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Species Associated with Soybean (Glycine max L. Merill) in Benin

  AUTHORS: Howell B. Houngnandan, Appolinaire Adandonon, Trévis S. B. Adoho, Leslie D. R. Bossou, Adélaïde H. Fagnibo, Oslo S. Gangnon, Moriaque Akplo, Charlotte M. Zoundji, Félix Kouèlo, Adolphe Zeze, Pascal Houngnandan

  KEYWORDS: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMFs), Soybean, Spore, Density, Diversity

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol.13 No.5, May 31, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMFs) could be used to sustainably improve crop yields. The present study evaluated the diversity of AMF species associated with soybean (Glycine max L. Merill) in main soybean-producing areas in Benin. Composite soil samples from 13 production areas at a rate of 04 villages per production areas were collected. A spore trapping device was set up to reveal the diversity of spores. The physical and chemical properties of the soils, the frequency and intensity of mycorrhization of roots, and the diversity of AMF spores were determined in the soil samples following trapping. As result, eight morphotypes belonging to four genera: Glomus, Acaulospora Gigaspora and Disversispora and three families: Diversisporales, Glomérales and Paraglomérales were observed. An important variability of spore densities was observed from one production areas to another with a higher abundance in the production areas of Copargo estimated at 3584 spores/100g soil. The biological diversity indexes as Shannon (0.0311), Simpson (0.0204) and Hill (0.0235), varied significantly (p