Record ID No. |
1473 |
Author(s) |
Manoharachary C , 2008 |
Affiliation |
Manoharachary, C, Osmania Univ, Dept Bot, Hyderabad 500007, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Title |
Mycorrhiza in agriculture and forestry |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
National Academy Science Letters-India 30(11–12): 341–353. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Ectomycorrhiza |
Subjects |
General |
Country |
India |
Abstracts |
Mycorrhiza, the plant root and fungus association has benefited the crop plants and forest trees immensely as natural partners of terrestrial ecosystem. Mycorrhiza played a key role in mobilizing phosphorous efficiently and increased the absorptive area of root, thus improved the plant growth and offered many other benefits. Ectomycorrhiza seems to have greater role in forestry while Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in crop production. Though some success ha's been achieved in producing ectomycorrhizal inoculum commercially, such commercialization has become difficult with reference to AM fungi. India, which has greater diversity of forest trees, crop plants and other plants, the mycorrhizal research did-not reach the expected peak. Still mycorrhiza as biofertiliser has to reach the farmer and foresters in near future. |