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DESCRIPTION:A Tale of Pine Plantations and Alien Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Ass
 emblages in Puerto Rico Pine trees were introduced to Puerto Rico during t
 he 1940’s in order to promote the timber industry in the island\, however\
 , the trees were not growing as expected\, many of them not reaching matur
 ity. In 1955\, soil from the United States\, potentially harboring benefic
 ial mycorrhizal fungi was introduced as a source of inoculum. After this i
 ntroduction\, pine trees were growing successfully and several plantations
  were established in the central region of the island. However\, there are
  no data describing the species of ectomycorrhizal (EMF) fungi associated 
 with pine trees in Puerto Rico and furthermore\, there are no data regardi
 ng the role of EMF in the success of exotic pine trees establishing outsid
 e plantations in the island. During the summer of 2009 the montane region 
 of the island was surveyed for the presence of ectomycorrhizal fungi and e
 xotic pine trees regenerating naturally. Three plantations were selected f
 or the study and root samples were collected for further identification us
 ing DNA extraction and RFLP methods.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:PLACA Presents: Yazmin Rivera
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A Tale of Pine Plantations and Alien Ectomycor
 rhizal Fungal Assemblages in Puerto Rico Pine trees were introduced to Pue
 rto Rico during the 1940’s in order to promote the timber industry in the 
 island\, however\, the trees were not growing as expected\, many of them n
 ot reaching maturity. In 1955\, soil from the United States\, potentially 
 harboring beneficial mycorrhizal fungi was introduced as a source of inocu
 lum. After this introduction\, pine trees were growing successfully and se
 veral plantations were established in the central region of the island. Ho
 wever\, there are no data describing the species of ectomycorrhizal (EMF) 
 fungi associated with pine trees in Puerto Rico and furthermore\, there ar
 e no data regarding the role of EMF in the success of exotic pine trees es
 tablishing outside plantations in the island. During the summer of 2009 th
 e montane region of the island was surveyed for the presence of ectomycorr
 hizal fungi and exotic pine trees regenerating naturally. Three plantation
 s were selected for the study and root samples were collected for further 
 identification using DNA extraction and RFLP methods.&nbsp\;
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