Response of mango seedlings to VA-mycorrhizal inoculation.
Kamble S. R., Navale A. M., Sonawane R. B.
Author Affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India.
International Journal of Plant Protection 2 : 161-164
Abstract : A pot culture experiment using sterilized soil was conducted to study the effect of VA-mycorrhizal fungi viz., Glomus epigaeum, Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora calospora and their combination on growth and root colonization of mango seedlings (van local). The combined inoculation of three VA-mycorrhizal fungi was superior over all the inoculation treatments in recording the plant height, number of leaves, root length, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root. The VAM root colonization percentage in mango seedlings was increased front 58.82 to 73.89 per cent over non-mycorrhizal seedlings (0.00%) indicating that VA mycorrhizal inoculation is necessary to increase the growth parameters and dry matter accumulation of mango seedlings.