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Objectives
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The project is expected to upscale appreciation of the extent of biodiversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and of their relevance in crop production systems in China. It aims to provide small-scale farmers with an alternative technology for increasing fertiliser efficiency and fertility of low-productive land, through the application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as biofertilisers and will serve as a prototype for the implementation of mycorrhiza technology in staple food crop production. Subsequent transfer of this technology will be relevant to promoting low-input, sustainable farming systems for primary producers not only in China but also in Europe.
The main objectives are :
- To establish a chinese Stock Centre for ex-situ conservation of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from three regions in China, and develop a database to register germplasm biodiversity.
- To select symbiotically efficient isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from the Stock Centre for field applications.
- To determine population complexity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within field sites and monitor selected isolates after inoculation onto target crops.
- To produce high quality arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculum and apply mycorrhiza technology to staple food crop production in small-scale farms in three regions of China.
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