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Mycorrhihza refers to the mutualistic, symbiosis between fungi and roots of higher plants. The vesicular Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is very common and old among all mycorrhizal types (Mosse et al., 1981). The VAM fungus occur widely in legumes (Bargali, 2011) and number of forage crops under different ecosystems (Souchie et al., 2006). Mungbean is an important pulse crop as it supplies 25 per cent protein. So the interaction of mycorrhizal fungi with roots of Mungbean plants is very important. The mycorrrhizal colonization is facilitating the efficient use of nutrients and water up take by plants especially in infective soil (Harley and Smith, 1983). Symbiotic association between VAM and roots of plants enhanced the nutrient absorbing area of roots along with improvement in efficiency of nutrient absorption (Kadian et al., 2014). In addition, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) have been found associated with a wide variety of agricultural and horticultural crops, but in legumes it occurs widely. The experiments were conducted during spring season 2017 under pot house conditions. The effect of inoculation of AM Fungi colonization and P amendments on growth and yield of Mungbean plants was investigated. The results revealed the overall increase in plant growth parameters and yield of Mungbean plants. In AM Fungi inoculated pots, the root as well as leaf surface area were also enhanced significantly due to the colonization of Glomus macrocarpon (AM Fungi) as compared to uninoculated plots. Among three levels of Phosphorus; 0, 40 and 80 mg/kg soil, the maximum increase in root and shoot length, their fresh and dry weight was recorded at 40 mg P/kg soil in 15, 30, 45 and 60 days old Mungbean plants as compared to 80 and 0 mg P/kg soil levels. The number of leaves and pods per plant, their fresh and dry weight was also found maximum at 40 mg P/kg soil level. Maximum increase in plant growth and yield of Mungbean plants were recorded in the pots combined inoculated with Glomus macrocarpon and phosphorus. It is suggested that Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi have the potential to act as bio-fertilizer. K e y w o r d s

Growth and Yield Response of Mungbean Plants to Colonization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) (Glomus macrocarpon) and Phosphorus Amendments