Record ID No. |
5911 |
Author(s) |
Lalnunthari, Zothanzama J. and Saizamrengi. , 2019 |
Affiliation |
Department of Environmental Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796004, India. |
Title |
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Melocanna baccifera from disturbed and undisturbed sites in Mizoram, India. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Science Vision. 19(2): 24-29. |
Categories |
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Subjects |
Ecology |
Sub-subjects |
Biodiversity Disturbed land |
Host |
Melocanna baccifera |
Organism |
NA |
Country |
India |
Abstracts |
Melocanna baccifera is a well-known native bamboo species of India belonging to the grass family Poaceae. A study on the presence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) association with M. baccifera was conducted from a disturbed and undisturbed bamboo forest sites within Mizoram University, Mizoram, India. Soil from the rhizosphere region as well as physico-chemical properties of the soil were
taken to study AMF diversity. The roots were observed for percentage
colonization by AMF. It was found that undisturbed site had higher colonization percentage (56%) than the disturbed site (46%). The Shannon’s diversity index showed that
undisturbed site (1.46) had more diversity than the disturbed site (1.59) while disturbed site showed lower index of dominance (3.34) which indicates higher shared dominance of AMF species than undisturbed site (4.66). |