The In Vitro Mass-Produced Model Mycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, Significantly Increases Yields of the Globally Important Food Security Crop Cassava

Isabel Ceballos; Michael Ruiz; Cristhian Fernández; Ricardo Peña; Alia Rodríguez; Ian R. Sanders

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070633

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The In Vitro Mass-Produced Model Mycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, Significantly Increases Yields of the Globally Important Food Security Crop Cassava

Isabel Ceballos,

Affiliation Soil Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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Michael Ruiz,

Affiliation Soil Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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Cristhian Fernández,

Affiliation Utopía, Universidad de La Salle, Yopal, Colombia
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Ricardo Peña,

Affiliation Utopía, Universidad de La Salle, Yopal, Colombia
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Alia Rodríguez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alia Rodríguez, Ian R. Sanders

Affiliation Soil Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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Ian R. Sanders

Contributed equally to this work with: Alia Rodríguez, Ian R. Sanders

* E-mail: ian.sanders@unil.ch

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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The In Vitro Mass-Produced Model Mycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, Significantly Increases Yields of the Globally Important Food Security Crop Cassava

Isabel Ceballos,
Michael Ruiz,
Cristhian Fernández,
Ricardo Peña,
Alia Rodríguez,
Ian R. Sanders

Published: August 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070633

About the Authors

Isabel Ceballos

Affiliation Soil Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

Michael Ruiz

Affiliation Soil Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

Cristhian Fernández

Affiliation Utopía, Universidad de La Salle, Yopal, Colombia

Ricardo Peña

Affiliation Utopía, Universidad de La Salle, Yopal, Colombia

Alia Rodríguez

Contributed equally to this work with: Alia Rodríguez, Ian R. Sanders

Affiliation Soil Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

Ian R. Sanders

Contributed equally to this work with: Alia Rodríguez, Ian R. Sanders

* E-mail: ian.sanders@unil.ch

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IRS AR IC MR CF RP. Performed the experiments: IC MR. Analyzed the data: IC MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IRS AR MR RP. Wrote the paper: IRS AR IC.

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