Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Vol 7, No 2 (2022): August

New Record of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) Association with Kebar Grass (Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch.) in the Grassland Area of Kebar, Tambrauw Regency, West Papua, Indonesia

Suharno Suharno (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cenderawasih University. Jl. Kamp Wolker, Perumnas 3 Waena, Jayapura 99351, Papua, Indonesia
Magister Program of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cenderawasih ­)
Irma Rahayu (Student of Magister Program in Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cenderawasih ­University, Jayapura)
Rosye H. R. Tanjung (Magister Program of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cenderawasih ­University, Jayapura)
Supeni Sufaati (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cenderawasih University. Jl. Kamp Wolker, Perumnas 3 Waena, Jayapura 99351, Papua, Indonesia)

Article Info

Publish Date
13 May 2022

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are an important form of symbiosis between fungi and plants in an ecosystem. One of the medicinal plants used by the people in West Papua is kebar grass (Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch.). This study aims to determine the AMF association in the rhizosphere of B. petersianum in grasslands. Survey method was used in this study. The presence of AMF was observed by examining root colonization and spore diversity. The results showed that the percentage of AMF colonization in roots was between 46.7–90.0% with an average of 71.66%. Meanwhile, the number of spores found in the plant rhizosphere averaged 119.8 spores per 10 grams of soil sample. There were 18 species of AMF dominated by the genus Glomus (7 species), Acaulospora (3 species), while the genus Claroideoglomus, Entrophospora, Gigaspora, and Scutellospora were dominated each with 2 species. This finding is the first record on the presence of AMF on B. petersianum in West Papua.

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Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology
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jtbb

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Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Environmental Science Immunology & microbiology

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Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology (JTBB) is an authoritative source of information concerned with the advancement of tropical biology studies in the Southeast Asia Region. It publishes original scientific work related to a diverse range of fields in tropical biodiversity, functional ...