Fungos micorrízicos arbusculares nos sistemas de produção convencional e na agroecologia

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been studied for a long time, but only in recent decades have they been useful and important for uses such as dry matter production, top dressing, recovery of areas in the process of desertification and plant improvement by increasing the mycorrhizal colonization of roots and reduction of abiotic and biotic stress. This work aims to recognize the potential and functioning of the FMA; analyzing the current and future possibilities of application in the agricultural and agroforestry area using a bibliographic survey with a focus on national research. This end-of-course work concludes that the applications of the FMA on Brazilian soil is one of the most variable and richest found. It is possible to use seedling inoculum to accelerate the growth of fruits and all major crops in Brazil as a way of updating the modus of the production chain and it is an alternative together with agroforestry for the recovery of areas. The variety of biomes and vegetation found in Brazil generates a selection of these fungi that can yield resistant and more efficient varieties, the potential of the “standing forest” as research increases on the subject proves to be far superior to the mere exploitation of minerals or use expansive land for monocultures.