Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere of banana and plantain and the growth of tissue culture cultivars

► Banana and plantain cultivars are naturally colonized by arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi. ► Glomus species are the most prevalent and the spores of Acaulospora species are most common. ► Banana cultivars in similar ploidy are closely related in their effects on AMF variables. ► Phosphorus and percentage carbon have the strongest effect on arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi variables.