Do commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants contain the species that they claim?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F23%3A00573068" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/23:00573068 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-023-01105-9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-023-01105-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00572-023-01105-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00572-023-01105-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Do commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculants contain the species that they claim?
Original language description
The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal inoculants as a means to promote plant growth is gaining momentum worldwide. Although there is an increasing number of commercial products available for various applications, the quality of these remains uncertain. We determined the AM fungal species composition in eleven inoculants from four producers by using DNA metabarcoding and compared them to the AM fungal species declared on the product labels. Our DNA metabarcoding of the inoculants revealed a concerning discrepancy between the declared and detected AM fungal species compositions of the products. While nine products contained at least one declared species, two did not contain any matching species and all inoculants but one contained additional species not declared on the product label. These findings highlight the need for better guidelines and industry standards to ensure consumer protection in the AM fungal inoculum market. Additionally, we call for caution when using commercial AM fungal inoculants in scientific experiments without confirmatory information about their species composition.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Mycorrhiza
ISSN
0940-6360
e-ISSN
1432-1890
Volume of the periodical
33
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
211-220
UT code for WoS article
000932215600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85148018209