Record ID No. |
2377 |
Author(s) |
Katiyar R S, Singhvi N R, Kushwaha R V, Ramji Lal, Suryanarayana N. , 2009 |
Title |
VA-mycorrhizal association in arjuna and jamun trees in forest of Bhandara region, Maharashtra, India |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
International Journal of Plant Sciences (Muzaffarnagar). 4(1): 229–232 |
Categories |
Ectomycorrhiza Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
General |
Sub-subjects |
Miscellaneous |
Abstracts |
A field study for vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) association in about 20 years old Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) and Jamun (Syzygium cumini), the tasar food plants, was undertaken in the natural forest of Khapa, Bhandara (Maharashtra), India, during November-2007. Soil was laterite with acidic pH, ranged between 5.39 to 5.46. All the plants of Arjuna and Jamun were found associated with mycorrhizal fungi. Root colonization percentage was higher in Jamun (62.45%) than Arjuna (57.20%). However, VAM fungal spores density was more in Arjuna (230/20 g dried soil) than Jamun (175/20 g dried soil). Root surface was found with appressorium and running external hyphae, some times attached with spores. Different types of fungal spores belonging to genus Glomus, Acaulospora, Gigaspora and Sclerocysts were observed in the soil samples, of which Glomus species was found dominant in both host plants. Cortical region of the roots possessed arbuscules, vescules or both in various intensity. |