Record ID No. |
2528 |
Author(s) |
Deotare P W., Wankhede T B. , 2010 |
Affiliation |
Mycorrhizal Biotechnology Laboratory, P G Department of Botany, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati - 444 603 (M S), India. |
Title |
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and distribution around natural salt lake of Lonar, Maharashtra, India. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
CAB Abstracts Mycorrhiza News, 21(4): 9-12p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Difficult sites |
Host |
Acacia nilotica, Bacopa monnieri, Schoexopletus, Typha angustata |
Organism |
Acaulospora, Scutellospora, Sclerocystis, Gigaspora, Glomus reticulatum |
Country |
New Delhi, India. |
Abstracts |
This is the first report on the diversity and distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the shore soil of the lake of Lonar, Maharashtra, India. The collection sites were selected from four different directions of the lake. In all nineteen rhizospheric soil samples, along with the roots of four different plant species (Acacia nilotica, Bacopa monnieri, Schoexopletus sp. and Typha angustata) growing very close to the lake water, were collected. Altogether 38 different AMF species, belonging to five different genera, were identified. Glomus was found to be the most dominant genus with 26 different species, followed by Acaulospora (7), Scutellospora (3) and Sclerocystis and Gigaspora with only one species each. AM species, Glomus reticulatum, is well adapted to highly stressed and alkaline soils and would be implemented to develop salt-tolerant AMF culture to reclaim salt-affected soils. |