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VESICULAR‐ARCUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA IN SOME NIGERIAN SOILS: THE EFFECT OF GIGASPORA GIGANTEA ON THE GROWTH OF RICE
Author(s) -
SANNI SHERIFF O.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1976.tb04660.x
Subject(s) - mycorrhiza , biology , spore , arbuscular mycorrhiza , gigantea , acaulospora , botany , greenhouse , soil water , agronomy , symbiosis , arbuscular mycorrhizal , bacteria , ecology , genetics
S ummary Azygospores of Gigaspora gigantea isolated from soil in Moor Plantation area were used to inoculate rice in a glasshouse experiment. There was a positive correlation between the presence of vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhiza, the numbers of spores in individual root system and the growth of rice. Better growth was observed in mycorrhizal plants than either control or treatment with strengite alone.