Figure 3: Growth responses of two cultivars of Carica papaya L. due to the inoculation of four arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) consortia (A and C), and due to the individual inoculation of single fungal isolates that integrate the AMF consortium Glomus Zac-19 (B and D), after 85 days under greenhouse conditions. A and B) papaya red Maradol, and C-D) wild-type Chich´put. Identified AMF species in each consortium: Glomus Zac-19, Claroideoglomus claroideum, Rhizophagus diaphanus, and Gl. albidum; Consortium Merida 4, Gl. mosseae, Gl. geosporum, Gl. sinuosum and Glomus sp.; Consortium Veracruz, Acaulospora delicata, Gl. mosseae, Gl. constrictum, Gl. aggregatum and Gl. microcarpum; and Consortium Ref-5, Gigaspora margarita and Acaulospora delicata (Alarcon et al., unpublished data).