Mycorrhizal status of Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels in northeastern of Morocco

Soukaina MAAZOUZI; Jalila AOUJDAD; Karima SELMAOUI; Mohamed CHLIYEH; Najoua MOUDEN; Soukaina MSAIRI; Salwa ELANTRY; Mustapha AZEROUAL; Mohamed OUAJDI; Mohamed KARIMI; Amina OUAZZANI TOUHAMI; Allal DOUIRA

doi:10.55779/nsb15211405

Authors

Soukaina MAAZOUZI Laboratory of Plant, Animal and Agro-industry Productions, Team of Botany, Biotechnology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra (MA)
Jalila AOUJDAD Forest Research Center, BP 763 Agdal Rabat, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (MA)
Karima SELMAOUI Laboratory of Plant, Animal and Agro-industry Productions, Team of Botany, Biotechnology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra (MA)
Mohamed CHLIYEH Laboratory of Plant, Animal and Agro-industry Productions, Team of Botany, Biotechnology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra (MA)
Najoua MOUDEN Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry, Materials and Environment, Multidisciplinary Faculty of Nador, University Mohammed Premier-Oujd, Oujda (MA)
Soukaina MSAIRI Laboratory of Phytobiotechnology, National Agency of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ANPMA), BP: 159, Taounate Principale, Taounate (MA)
Salwa ELANTRY Forest Research Center, BP 763 Agdal Rabat, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (MA)
Mustapha AZEROUAL Service des Études, de L’aménagement et de la Planification, Direction Régionale des Eaux et forêt de l’Orientale-Oujda, Département des Eaux et Forêt, Maroc (MA)
Mohamed OUAJDI Forest Research Center, BP 763 Agdal Rabat, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (MA)
Mohamed KARIMI Forest Research Center, BP 763 Agdal Rabat, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (MA)
Amina OUAZZANI TOUHAMI Laboratory of Plant, Animal and Agro-industry Productions, Team of Botany, Biotechnology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra (MA)
Allal DOUIRA Laboratory of Plant, Animal and Agro-industry Productions, Team of Botany, Biotechnology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra (MA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15211405

Keywords:

Argania spinosa, Béni Snassène, Jebel Takermine and Jebel Aklim Alkbir, mycorrhizal fungi, North-East of Morocco

Abstract

The argan tree, an endemic species in Morocco, has been exhaustively studied in its southwestern range but neglected in its northeastern territory. Thus, the present study sets as objectives the identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the evaluation of the argan tree’s roots’ mycorrhization level in two stations: one in the region of Béni Snassène (Berkane): Jebel Takermine with 7 prospected sites and the other at Jebel Aklim Alkabir with 2 sites. At the first station (Jebel Takermine), the mycorrhizal frequency of Argania spinosa roots varied between 64% and 100% with the root mycorrhizal intensity in the range of 30.77% and 66%. The arbuscular contents are higher at sites 2 (50.46%), 4 (50.33%), 7 (39.44%) and 1 (30.5%) against 18% and 20% at sites 6, 5 and 3. Argan trees from Jbel Aklim Alkbir, exhibited a high mycorrhization frequency and intensity ranging from 88% to 100% and between 39.4% and 73.4% respectively. Regarding arbuscular and vesicular rates, the highest values were associated to the roots of site 1 with 59.3% and 29.4% respectively compared to the lowest rates of 20% and 14% in those of site 2. Spore densities in the rhizosphere of the studied argan trees in the two stations were in the range of 78 and 697 spores/100 g of soil. The identification of isolated mycorrhizal spores revealed the presence of 28 species encompassing 7 genera: Acaulospora, Dentiscutata Claroideoglomus, Funneliformis, Glomus, Rhizophagus, Pacispora, and 5 Families: Glomeraceae (7 species), Acaulosporaceae (10 species), Pacisporaceae (2 species), Claroideoglomeraceae (2 species), Gigasporaceae (1 species).

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