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INTERACTION Between A VESICULAR–ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS AND STREPTOMYCES CINNAMOMEOUS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FINGER MILLET
Author(s) -
KRISHNA K. R.,
BALAKRISHNA A. N.,
BAGYARAJF D. J.
Publication year - 1982
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.1469-8137.1982.tb03397.x
Subject(s) - eleusine , biology , fungus , glomus , spore , streptomyces , antagonism , inoculation , phosphorus , mycorrhiza , botany , finger millet , streptomyces albus , phycomycetes , symbiosis , bacteria , horticulture , agronomy , chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , genetics , organic chemistry
Summary Growth and phosphorus nutrition of finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ) on a sterile, phosphorus‐deficient soil was improved by inoculation with either the vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus fasciculatus or with the streptomycete Streptomyces cinnamomeous. These micro‐organisms interacted antagonistically when added simultaneously or with one 2 weeks after the other: Streptomyces reduced spore production and development of infection by Glomus , while Glomus reduced the multiplication of Streptomyces . Because of this antagonism, dual inoculations stimulated plant growth less than individual inoculations.