Record ID No. |
939 |
Author(s) |
Shalini Verma., Dohroo,N.P , 2005 |
Affiliation |
Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan - 173 230, H.P., India. |
Title |
Effect of VAM fungi on Fusarium wilt and horticultural traits of pea |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Plant-Disease-Research-Ludhiana. 20(2): 174-176p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Biological Interaction |
Sub-subjects |
Pathogens |
Host |
Pisum sativum |
Organism |
Gigaspora margarita, G. heterosporum, G. mosseae, Fusarium oxysporum |
Country |
India, Asia |
Abstracts |
Studies were conducted in Himachal Pradesh, India, to investigate the effects of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) fungi on Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. pisi) and horticultural traits of pea. Treatments comprised: Gigaspora margarita, Glomus heterosporum and Glomus mosseae. Seed germination was highest upon treatment with Gigaspora margarita (87.50%) followed by Glomus mosseae (84.17%), and lowest upon treatment with Glomus heterosporum (70.00%) which was significantly higher than the control (52.50%). Similarly, minimum and maximum preemergence rot was recorded in Gigaspora margarita (12.50%) and Glomus heterosporum (30.00%), respectively. However, minimum wilt was recorded in Gigaspora margarita (10.83%) followed by Glomus mosseae (15.83%) and maximum wilt was observed in Glomus heterosporum (19.17%) which was significantly less than the control (45.83%). VAM-inoculated plants had higher shoot and root lengths than non-mycorrhizal plants. Shoot length and root length were highest with Gigaspora margarita (13.98 and 11.25 cm), followed by Glomus mosseae (12.34 and 9.33 cm) and Glomus heterosporum (10.27 and 8.28 cm), respectively. |