Abstract: Mycorrhizae represent mutualistic association between plant root and specialized soil fungi are a gift to the plants as they promote their growth. The present study was undertaken to screen the presence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) in there rattan species namely Calamus thwaitesii Becc. & Hook.f. , Calamus nagabettai Fernandez & Dey and Calamus prasinus Lakshmana & Renuka of Charmady Kanpady Reserve Forest of Karnataka, India. A total of 38 species of AM fungi belonging to three genera namely Acaulospora, Glomus and Scutellospora were isolated from the rhizopshere soils of rattans.
Keywords: Arbuscular Mycorrhizae, rattans, rhizopshere, root colonization, vesicular colonization.
Title: Screening of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in the rhizosphere soils of three Rattan species of Charmady Kanpadi Reserve forest of Karnakata, India
Author: Ramakrishna Marati, Shobha Devadiga
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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