%0 Journal Article
%T Importancia ambiental y socioecon¨®mica de las micorrizas en el cultivo de cacao caso: hacienda cata, municipio Ocumare costa de oro, estado Aragua Venezuela
%A Bol¨ªvar
%A ¨¢ngela
%A Toro
%A Marcia
%A Sandoval
%A Maria Fernanda
%A L¨®pez
%A Marisol
%J Agronom¨ªa Tropical
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X in the north coastal region of cata, ocumare of the gold coast in aragua state, venezuela, a case study was conducted in the cata farm, between coordinates 10 o 30 '00''n, 67¡ã 45' 00''67 o 37 '00''w. l. the purpose were: a) to study the environmental and socioeconomic importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) in cocoa plantations, theobroma cacao l., b) to know the natural status of mycorrhizae in cocoa plants; c) to promote, between farmers, the knowledge, application, protection, conservation and use of these fungi in cocoa plantations. for the socioeconomic study, a universe of 32 farmers qualitative research techniques. the presence of amf, was evaluated in soil samples collected at rhizosphere level in three cocoa lots. with regard to socio-economic aspect, the results indicate that 68.76% of the farmers recognized the cocoa as the most important economic activity in a direct way; and about the benefits of mycorrhiza in the cocoa agrosystem, 56.25% of them identified the contribution of phosphorus and 43,75% believe that this symbiosis increase production and can reduce problems that affect the crop. in relation to the natural status of mycorrhizae, all samples showed mycorrhized roots; however, % of mycorrhized root length varied between 2.8 and 13.3 %, theses values can be considered low in relation to other cocoa agroecosystems
%K sustainable agroecosystems
%K cocoa
%K theobroma cacao l
%K socio-economic
%K micorrhizae.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0002-192X2009000400013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en