The present study had the aim of evaluating the effects of substrate composition and the inoculation of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) (Glomus clarum and Acaulospora scrobiculata) on the vegetative development, carbohydrate contents and percentage of radicular colonization settling by AMF in Flying Dragon (Poncirus trifoliata, var. monstruosa Swing.) rootstock. The treatments consisted of two substrates: S1 = soil + sand (1:1; v: v), and S2 = soil + sand + decomposed residue of acacia, (2:2:1; v: v: v). Both treatments were submitted to inoculation with two species of AMF (G. clarum e A. scrobiculata) and no inoculation. The addition of decomposed residue of acacia bark in S2, improved the chemical and physical properties of the substrate, resulting in a better vegetative development of Flying Dragon plants. Also a significant interaction between type of substrate and effect of AMF on dry matter (aerial part and roots) and carbohydrate contents was determined. The efficiency of symbiosis varied according to substrate composition and AMF species. A positive effect of AMF was noted when the mixture soil + sand was used, a poor substrate, being A. scrobiculate the most efficient species.
Citriculture; endomycorrhizae; rootstocks; propagation
