title: [Primary research on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in rhizosphere of Chaenomeles speciosa in Xuancheng].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi resources in rhizosphere of Chaenomeles speciosa in Xuancheng, Anhui province.
  
  
  METHODS
  Roots were stained with acid fuchsin and then mounted and observed under a microscope; Spores were extracted from the rhizosphere soil using wet-sieving method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  C. speciosa could be colonized and formed typical arbuscular mycorrhizas with AM fingi. 18 species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were identified, belonging to four genera, 11 species of Glomus, 3 species of Acaulospora, 3 species of Scutellospora and 1 species of Entrophospora. Glomus were the dominant AM fungi in the rhizosphere.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The resources of AM fungi in rhiszophere of C. speciosa were very abundant. Fungi from Glomus were possible the dominant AMF in the rhizosphere.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China.
authors.forename: Xiuqin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000145:classification*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D027824:Rosaceae / Q000382:microbiology*