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1Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, 560065, Bangalore, India.
Abstract:
Efficient vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi were screened and selected for a slow-growing forest tree species,Tamarindus indica L., important in tropical forestry. Seedlings were inoculated with 13 different VAM fungi, obtained from various sources around the world. Inoculated plants had greater plant height, leaf number, stem girth, biomass, phosphate and Zn(2+) content. They also had higher amounts of mycorrhizal spores, per cent root colonization and external hyphae, as measured by per cent soil aggregation.Tamarindus indica seedlings responded best to inoculation withGigaspora margarita (ICRISAT) followed byGlomus fasciculatum.
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