Record ID No. |
937 |
Author(s) |
Neeraj., Kavita.Singh , 2005 |
Affiliation |
Botany Department, Feroze Gandhi College, Rae Bareli - 229 001, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
Title |
Impact of VA-mycorrhiza, Rhizobium and phosphorus on growth and yield of Phaseolus vulgaris L. |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Journal-of-Phytological-Research. 18(1), 59-63p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
General |
Host |
French bean, Phaseolus vulgaris |
Organism |
Gigaspora albida, Glomus albidum, Sclerocystis sinuosa, Scutellospora erythropa and Rhizobium |
Country |
India, Asia |
Abstracts |
Field experiments were conducted in Uttar Pradesh, India with the four vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM) namely Gigaspora albida, Glomus albidum, Sclerocystis sinuosa and Scutellospora erythropa in combination with chemical phosphorus and Rhizobium to study their impact on growth and yield of french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris cv. PDR 14). Plants inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi plus Rhizobium besides better plant growth had maximum number of pods/plant, pod length, seeds/pod, seeds/plant and total seed weight/plant. The dual inoculation of both the symbionts showed synergistic effects. Phosphorus application in combination with AM-fungi further improved growth and yield of plant. Different species of AM-fungi varied in their respective ability to stimulate plant growth and yield of plant. Inoculation with Gigaspora either with Rhizobium or phosphorus produced the highest yield of pods per plant, while Scutellospora was best in terms of general plant growth. While comparing both the treatments i.e., AM-fungus plus Rhizobium and AM-fungus plus phosphorus, the response of dual inoculation using both the symbionts were better. However, both the treatments significantly improved in plant growth and yield compared to the uninoculated control. |