The increment in the use of herbicides in the last decades has reduced the soil microbial diversity affecting the symbiotic associations between legumes and soil microorganisms, which are essential for plant nutrition and therefore agricultural production. Consequently, in this work, we have evaluated the potential of two saprophytic fungi as a bioremediation tool for the recovery of soil microbial activity and the symbiotic a...

Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) are beneficial soil fungi that can promote the growth of their host plants. Accurate quantification of AMF in plant roots is important because the level of colonization is often indicative of the activity of these fungi. Root colonization is traditionally measured with microscopy methods which visualize fungal structures inside roots. Microscopy methods are labor-intensive, and results depend...