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RESPONSE OF CROP PLANTS TO VA MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION IN AN UNSTERILE INDIAN SOIL
Author(s) -
BAGYARAJ D. J.,
MANJUNATH A.
Publication year - 1980
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.1469-8137.1980.tb04445.x
Subject(s) - inoculation , biology , glomus , phosphorus , shoot , crop , agronomy , fungus , horticulture , botany , chemistry , organic chemistry
SUMMARY Inoculation of three crop plants, viz. cotton, cowpea and finger millet to inoculation with the VA mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus fasciculatus , in an unsterile Indian soil low in available phosphorus significantly increased their root and shoot weights. The phosphorus and zinc content of inoculated plants were higher. Inoculated plants did not differ significantly from uninoculated plants in manganese content.