FERNANDEZ VALLE Rigel, Cuba

Abstract (taken from original project proposal)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form a widespread and ecologically important symbiosis with more than 70% of vascular plant families in land ecosystems.

Classical taxonomy of these fungi is based on the discrete characters of the spore's subcellular structures and the spore's ontogeny. Assessing the states of these taxonomic characters is however difficult because AMF are hypogeous and microscopic. Detection of glomalean fungi is therefore increasingly done via molecular methods.`

This project  involves training of Mr FERNANDEZ in molecular methods for taxonomic purposes and should enebale Mr FERNANDEZ to decide on the taxonomic identity of some of the taxa he detected earlier.

Location of training: Mycothèque de l´Universite Catholique de Louvain (MUCL)

Read Mr FERNANDEZ' GTI reports to find out more about his received training.

Mr Fernadez enjoys a dance at the closing ceremony of the GTI training course in Havana.