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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="general-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2103</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>THE INTERACTIONS OF PH, ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL MOISTURE ON ARBUSCULAR MYCORHIZAL FUNGI (AMF) COLONIZATION IN THE ROOTS OF Juniperus procera IN SAUDI ARABIA&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>L-Ghamdi</surname><given-names>A</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>J.</surname><given-names>Hasnah M.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>76</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The symbiosis between AMF and wild Juniperus procera was studied in the soil of Al-Baha, Saudi&#13;
Arabia. In this study, the effect of soil pH, moisture and organic matter (OM) on the colonization of AMF was investigated. J. procera infection by AMF was of the Paris type in which coarse hyphae occupied inter- and intracellular cortical cells. The spores in the soil were identified as Glomus sp, Gigaspora sp. and Acaulospora sp. Percent root colonization with AMF was positively related to pH value (r2= 0.81) and moisture value (r2= 0.75). Nevertheless, AMF colonization in the roots was lower with higher OM content (r2= 0.80). It is important to ensure that soil conditions and properties are maintained in such a way that encourages the growth of AMF and the plant. The use of AMF may be an important consideration in the replanting of this endangered plant species in the future.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi; soil pH; OM; soil moisture; Juniperus procera</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
