Record ID No. |
5998 |
Author(s) |
Jishtu V.*, Kapoor R., Singh J. and Lakhanpal T. N. , 2019 |
Affiliation |
*Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Conifer Campus, Panthaghati, SHIMLA- 171013 (HP). |
Title |
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Diversity in some threatened North West Himalayan flora of Kinnaur. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
KAVAKA, 52: 42-51. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Ecology |
Sub-subjects |
Biodiversity |
Host |
Acer caesium, Abies spectabilis, Betula utilis, Juglans regia, Rhododendron campanulatum, Quercus ilex, Hippophae tibetana, Sophora mollis, Elaeagnus umbellata, Rheum australe, Ribes alpestre, Juniperus communis, Piptanthes nepalensis, Saussurea costus, F |
Organism |
Gigaspora spp., Glomus spp., Acaulospora spp. |
Country |
India |
Abstracts |
The AM associations are integral symbiotic associations of both wild and cultivated plants. It has been widely investigated in the cultivated
plants but less so in the wild plants. In this article the AM diversity in some very important and threatened wild plants of the tribal belt of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh is being reported for the first time. The study area has a vast wealth of medicinal, aromatic and other economically important plants. With, the upsurge in tourism and increasing developmental projects like the Hydro electric dams, etc the floral
diversity and their associated mycorrhizal diversity has come under great threat. It is in this context that along with floristics, investigations of AM fungi has been undertaken on the following threatened plants, majority of which are endemic to the region. Of late, much attention has been paid to the use of AM fungi in the establishment of forests and improvement of soil fertility. The plants investigated are: Acer caesium, Abies spectabilis, Betula utilis, Juglans regia, Rhododendron campanulatum, Quercus ilex, Hippophae tibetana, Sophora mollis, Elaeagnus umbellata, Rheum australe, Ribes alpestre, Juniperus communis, Piptanthes nepalensis, Saussurea costus and Fritillaria roylei. The reported three genera are Acaulospora, Gigaspora and Glomus and in these three genera 13 species of AM fungi have been reported and illustrated. The genus Glomus
is the most predominant with 10 species. |