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Diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spores under different coffee production systems and in a tropical montane cloud forest patch in Veracruz, Mexico

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We evaluate the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) community as measured by spores in different coffee production systems (at the depth of 0–15 cm). In addition, we analyze the similarities between the AMF communities in coffee production systems and those that occur in a tropical montane cloud forest patch in order to evaluate the capacity of coffee production systems to preserve the native AMF community. We carried out four samplings in five coffee production systems representative of a vegetation structure gradient, and in a forest. From 120 soil samples, 33 morphospecies were detected. In all the sites, the dominant morphospecies were Glomus clarum and Glomus sp. 3. We found no significant difference in AMF spore richness between sites. Diversity was similar in most of the coffee production systems. Significant differences were only detected in spore abundance; during the dry season the forest, shaded traditional rustic system and shaded simple system presented the highest spore abundance. With the exception of one species exclusive to the forest, the coffee production systems all share the same AMF species as the forest. The coffee production systems with the greatest similarity to cloud forest were the shaded traditional rustic system and the shaded simple system. It is suggested that control of weeds and fertilization could be important factors influencing the composition and abundance of AMF spores in coffee production systems.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the project SEMARNAT-CONACyT (2002-01-C01-0194). Furthermore, the authors are grateful to the bilateral scientific cooperation program of CONACYT (Mexico)—SECYT (Argentina). The first author thanks SEMARNAT-CONACyT (C01-0194) for a doctoral fellowship. VJS is grateful for funding from FORDECYT (grant 139378). For their assistance in identifying spores, we thank Marta Cabello, Gabriela Irrazabal and Silvana Velazquez (Universidad Nacional La Plata, Argentina). We thank Cinthya I. Becerra, Benito Hernández and Antonio Angeles for their help in collecting samples. Thanks also to Alicia Martínez and Alejandra Rodríguez (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) for their valuable support in processing samples. We would also like to thank all the landowners for granting access to the field sites. Keith MacMillan revised the English version of the manuscript.

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    Rosa María Arias & Luis Ernesto Fuentes-Ramírez

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    Rosa María Arias, Gabriela Heredia-Abarca & Vinicio J. Sosa

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Arias, R.M., Heredia-Abarca, G., Sosa, V.J. et al. Diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spores under different coffee production systems and in a tropical montane cloud forest patch in Veracruz, Mexico. Agroforest Syst 85, 179–193 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-011-9414-3

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