Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Environment

Inoculating and Observing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Cultures on Superabsorbent Polymer-Based Autotrophic Systems

Louis Paré¹, Claudia Banchini², Franck Stefani²

¹Centre d’Étude de la Forêt (CEF) and Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, ²Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Here, we describe a simple and inexpensive technique for inoculating and observing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in superabsorbent polymer-based autotrophic systems.