Investigating the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from gymnema sylvestre and curcuma longa in Vietnam

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are soil cukaryotes that belong to phylum Glomeromycota and have symbiosis with the vast majority of higher plants' roots. AM fungi are believed to be cocvolved with terrestrial plants, the abundance and diversity of AM fungal communities as a result are host plant dependent. A survey of AM fungi from tho rhizospheres of medicinal plants in Northern Vietnam including gurma Gymnema sylvestre and turmeric Curcuma longa was carried out.