Mission and Goals
Mission
To establish, maintain, characterize and document arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal cultures for the preservation of their taxonomic and functional diversity and distribution to researchers and institutions.
Goals
♦ Obtain isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in pure cultures from different regions and Brazilian ecosystems.
♦ Document, preserve, and disseminate AMF stocks present in the Collection.
♦ Promote the use of AMF pure cultures by researchers for experimental purposes.
♦ Become a reference center for deposits of fungal isolates, assisting in studies of AMF diversity and training of human resources in taxonom and cultivation of AMF.
♦ To serve as support for research and technological development actions aimed at the production of mycorrhizal inoculum.