Development of low input sustainable cultivation method of blueberries with mycorrhizal fungi.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24780022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Horticulture/Landscape architecture
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Takuya Ban 東京農工大学, 農学部, 准教授 (20325046)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ブルーベリー / ナツハゼ / エリコイド菌根菌 / 根系 / 菌相

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The hair roots of ericaceous plants are in symbiotic association with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. Ericoid mycorrhizas play very important roles in acquisition of nutrient of their host’s and the high tolerance to the stresses by factors with in the acidic soils. In this study, the mycorrhizal colonization conditions and the microbial flora in the hair roots of blueberries and Vaccinium oldhamii Miq. in Japan were investigated. The mycorrhizal colonization levels of these plants were high and the microbial floras were different among the cultivated area. These results indicate that the growing conditions may affect the microbial floras in the hair root of blueberries.

Free Research Field

果樹園芸学