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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Forestry Research Volume 2012, Article ID 450715, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2012/450715 Research Article Diversity of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Eucalyptus in Africa and Madagascar Marc Ducousso,1 Robin Duponnois,2 Daniel Thoen,3 and Yves Prin1 1 Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Mediterraneennes, Departement BIOS, CIRAD, UMR 113, TA10J, ´ ´ ´ 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 2 Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Mediterraneennes, Departement Environnement et Ressources, IRD, UMR 113, TA10J, ´ ´ ´ 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 3 Departement des Sciences et Gestion de l’Environnement, Fondation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise, 6700 Arlon, Belgium ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Marc Ducousso, marc.ducousso@cirad.fr Received 8 June 2012; Revised 25 September 2012; Accepted 8 October 2012 Academic Editor: Thomas R. Fox Copyright © 2012 Marc Ducousso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Use of the Australian genus Eucalyptus in short rotation plantations in Africa and Madagascar has developed over the last century to such an extent that it is becoming the most frequently planted genus in Africa. In order to find ecologically well-adapted eucalypts, foresters have tested different species of various origins and the number of tested Eucalyptus species now exceeds 150 in Africa. Due to the ability of eucalypts to naturally form ectomycorrhi