Figure 2: Growth responses of two cultivars of Carica papaya L. due to the inoculation of four arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) consortia and the single isolate Glomus intraradices, after 90 days under greenhouse conditions. A) papaya red Maradol, and B) wild-type Chich´put (Mayan name that means “bird food”) collected from Conkal, Yucatan. Identified AMF species in each consortium: AMF 7, Glomus constrictum, Gl. etunicatum, Gl. aggregatum, Acaulospora sp. 1 and Glomus sp1; AMF 1, Glomus sp. 1, Glomus sp. 2, Glomus sp. 3 and Acaulospora sp.; AMF Mix, Glomus sp. 1, Glomus sp. 2, Glomus sp. 3, and Glomus sp. 4; and Glomus Zac-19, Claroideoglomus claroideum, Rhizophagus diaphanus, and Gl. albidum (Franco-Ramirez et al., unpublished data).