This work aimed to evaluate the influence of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) species on the vegetative growth, mineral nutrition and carbohidrate contents on peach rootstocks cv. Aldrighi [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. The experimental desing was the one of randomized blocks, with ten plants per plots and four repetitions. Plants inoculated with Glomus etunicatum presented larger stem height, stem diameter, foliar area, fresh and dry shoot biomass, leaf mineral nutrition and carbohidrate contents, while those inoculated with Glomus clarum induced an intermediate growth, higher to those inoculated with Gigaspora margarita that presented results similar to the non inoculated plants. Plant growth performance was related to colonization taxes, which were, respectively, 92%, 77% and 30% to Glomus etunicatum, Glomus clarum and Gigaspora margarita inoculated plants.
Prunus persica; endomycorrhizae; plant propagation; plant physiology
