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Medicinal plants as hosts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate endophyte associations of 31 medicinal plant species collected from the Garden of Medicinal Plants of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum in Kraków were investigated. Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) was found in 30 species; 23 were of the Arum-type, 5—Paris and 2 taxa revealed intermediate morphology. Many plants were strongly colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The mycelium of dark septate endophytes (DSE) was observed in 21 taxa. However, the percentage of root colonization by these fungi was low. Spores of 15 species of AMF (Glomeromycota) were found in the rhizosphere of the investigated plants. Our results are the first detailed report of both AMF and DSE associations of these plant species. The use of AMF and DSE during the process of medicinal plant cultivation for pharmaceutical purposes is discussed.

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We are grateful to Prof. Z. Janeczko and M.Sc. eng. A. Szałankiewicz (Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Kraków) for the permission for plant material collection. M.Sc. eng. Barbara Szczepanowicz (Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University) is acknowledged for her assistance during the soil samples analysis. The mycorrhizal colonization assessment was performed, in part, by M.Sc. M. Pilch as her work for M.Sc. degree. The present research was financially supported by the Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum grant, project no. K/ZBW/000242 (2008–2009), and in part by the Polish Committee of Scientific Research, grants no. 2 PO4C 041 28 and 164/N-COST/2008/0.

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Zubek, S., Błaszkowski, J. Medicinal plants as hosts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes. Phytochem Rev 8, 571–580 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-009-9135-7

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