B. Sadhana 1 and N. Panneerselvam2*
1Centre for Research and P.G Department of Botany, Thiagarajar College, Madurai-625009, Tamil Nadu, India..E.mail:sadhanakarthik2004@yahoo.co.in,
2Centrefor Research and P.G Department of Botany, The Madura College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. E.mail:npanneerselvam1958@gmail.com
*Corresponding author
Abstract: The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) status of selective plants like Acacia leucophloea Roxb. and Cicer arietinum, L, were studied. The AM spores belong to the Genus Glomus, Acaulospora, Gigaspora, Scutellospora and Sclerocystis were isolated from the rhizosphere soil. Among these Glomus and Acaulospora are predominant in rhizosphere of A. leucopholea and the rhizosphere soil was applied as an inoculum for the mass production of AM fungi using Zea mays ( L.), Sorghum halepense ( L.) Pers and Oryza sativa ( L.) as host plants. The AM inoculated Zea mays and Sorghum halepense (L.)Pers. showed beneficial growth with increase in fresh and dry matter, root and shoot length and also with 98% and 93% of AM-colonization in roots.
Keywords: Arbuscular Mycorrhiza, AM spore isolation, Mass production, Zea mays, Sorghum halepense, Oryza sativa
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