MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATION IN TREE SPECIES, MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND SOIL FERTILITY ON “CERRADO” DEGRADED AREAS

• Autor(a) principal: Scabora, Márcia Helena
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Maltoni, Kátia Luciene, Cassiolato, Ana Maria Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência Florestal (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/cienciaflorestal/article/view/3232
• topic: ‘borrowed area’; evoluted C-CO2; subsoil; revegetation.; “área de empréstimo”; C-CO2 liberado; subsolo; revegetação

The recuperation of areas used during the construction of the hydroelectric plant, especially in ‘borrowed areas', is a difficult and long process as all vegetation and fertile soil were removed. Interventions in these degraded areas could accelerate the revegetation process. The objective of this research was to evaluate the association of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in tree species, microbial activity (basal respiration) and fertility of ‘cerrado’ degraded areas. Soil from two areas, pasture soil and exposed subsoil, were utilized. Organic compost and fertilizers, as well as limestone application were added to the pit for better development of seedlings’ initial growth, where 50 mL of preserved cerrado soil was applied as inoculum of microorganisms. Seedlings of 11 tree species were planted: Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg (‘angico preto’), Acacia polyphylla D.C. (‘monjoleiro’), Sthryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (‘barbatimão’), Dimorphandra mollis Benth (‘faveiro’), Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne (‘jatobá-de-cerrado’), Dipteryx alata Vog. (’baru’), Machaerium acutifolium Vogel (‘jacarandá-do-campo’), Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (‘aroeira pimenteira’), Magonia pubescens St. Hil. (‘tingui’), Lafoensia pacari St. Hil. (‘dedaleira’) and Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook (‘ipê amarelo’). Twelve months later, root samples were colleted at the depth of 0-0.10 m and used for evaluations. The subsoil, as compared to pasture soil, was poor in organic matter and presented less microbial activity. The highest mycorrhizal colonization was seen in the species Aacia polyphylla D.C. (monjoleiro), Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (aroeira pimenteira), Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne (jatobá-de-cerrado) and Sthryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (barbatimão). These species could be indicated in revegetation projects in ‘cerrado’ degraded areas. Plants from both areas showed seedlings form high mycorrhizal colonization and low numbers of spores.