Crescimento de Ruta graveolens L. inoculada com micorrizas sob doses de fósforo

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are microorganisms that present symbiosis with the roots of most plants. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the influence of AMF Rhizophagus clarus and Claroideoglomus etunicatum on low and high doses of phosphorus (P) on plant biomass and P accumulation in rue (Ruta graveolens L.). The experiment was performed in the botanical laboratory at Universidade Paranaense – UNIPAR in the city of Umuarama, in the state of Parana, Brazil. It used a completely randomized 3x2 experimental design, being: AMFs (without AMF, with R. clarus and/or with C. etunicatum); two levels of P (20 and 200 mg kg-1) with 8 repetitions per treatment, totaling 48 experimental units (3 L pots). Root dry matter (RDM), shoot dry matter (SDM), total dry matter (TDM) and P accumulation in the aerial part of the plant were evaluated. The production of RDM, SDM and TDM by the plant was not significantly affected by the addition of P to the substrate, but by the inoculation with AMF C. etunicatum under low and/or high P. The accumulation of P in the aerial part of the plant significantly increased in the treatment without AMF inoculation. It was concluded that inoculation with C. etunicatum is indicated to increase the productivity of rue.