Record ID No. |
3250 |
Author(s) |
Thangavel Selvaraj, Nirmala P. , 2011. |
Affiliation |
Department of Plant Sciences, Ambo University, Post Box. No. 19, Ambo, Western Shoa,Ethiopia, East Africa. e.mail: tselvaraj_1956@Yahoo.com |
Title |
Response of Alpinia galanga Willd to inoculation with different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Ambo, Ethiopia |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
International Journal of Agricultural Technology. 7(4): 1005-1015p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Plantations |
Host |
Alpinia galanga (Medicinal plant) |
Organism |
Acaulospora scrobiculata, Gigaspora margarita, Glomas aggregatum, G. intraradices, G. fasiculatum, G. macrocarpum, G. mosseae and Scutellospora heterogama. |
Country |
Ethiopia, Africa |
Abstracts |
The efficacy of eight arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on 'Pera-rattai' or greater galangal (Alpinia galanga Willd.) was studied in glasshouse condition. Seedlings were raised in poly bags containing soil inoculated with isolates of different AM fungi, viz., Acaulospora scrobiculata, Gigaspora margarita, Glomas aggregatum, G. intraradices, G. fasiculatum, G. macrocarpum, G. mosseae and Scutellospora heterogama. Pera-rattai seedlings raised in the presence of AM fungi generally showed an increase in plant growth, nutrients and content of secondary metabolites over those grown in the absence of the inoculation with AM fungi. The extent of improvement by AM fungi varied with the species of AM fungi inhabiting the roots and rhizomes of Pera-rattai seedlings. Plants inoculated with Glomas aggregatum showed significantly greater plant height, dry plant biomass, P, K, Zn, Cu and Fe and content of secondary metabolites compared to other treatments. Considering the various plant growth parameters, nutrients and content of secondary metabolites of the plants, it was observed that Glomas aggregatum and Glomas intraradices would become the best AM symbionts for Pera-rattai compared to others. |