Paper Title
Inoculation Effects of Drought-Stressed Strawberry With A Composite Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculum on Plant Tolerance to Water Deficiency

Abstract
This study was conducted under greenhouse conditions to determine the effect of a composite mycorrhizal inoculum on drought stressed strawberry plants. Three level of salinity was used and the parameters measured were: mycorrhization status, roots diameter, roots length, salinity index, visual score and the relative water content. The results showed that the salinity index, at the level of 50% of salinity, was highly correlated to the roots diameter and the RWC. Visual score, for the three salt treatments, were dependent to the mycorrhization status (yes/no), the roots diameter, the roots length and the RWC. For the three salt treatments, the RWC was dependent to the index of salinity, the roots length and the mycorrhization status (yes/no). Our study suggests a positive effect of inoculation by mycorrhizas on strawberry plants tolerance to salt stress. Key words- Strawberry, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Salinity, Roots, Drought, Water.