Research Article | Published: 01 March 2003

Seasonal and edaphic variation in VAM infection of fuel wood trees by Glomus mosseae

Seema Bhadauria, Archna Singh and Rekha Yadav

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 26 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 41-44 | 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2003-G25NCQ | Cite this article

Abstract

Seasonal differences in percentage length of fuel-wood host roots, viz., Albizia lebbeck, Acacia nilotica and Prosopis juliflora infected with Glomus mosseae were measured in five field sites in Mainpuri District of U.P. Highest G. mosseae infection levels were generally found in the rainy season in phosphorus deficient soils, low in moisture. The root sampled from the soils with a high soil-moisture content, fine endophyte infection increased to a maximum later in the growing season. A higher percentage frequency of fine endophyte infection on fine fuel-wood feeder roots in rainy season is taken as evidence for the hypothesis that G. mosseae is a vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus particularly adapted to penetrating host roots during brief seasonal fluxes of phosphorus availability. The implications of these data are discussed in relation to mechanisms in fuel-wood trees which adapt them to nutrient stress.

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Bhadauria, S., Singh, A. and Yadav, R., 2003. Seasonal and edaphic variation in VAM infection of fuel wood trees by Glomus mosseae. Indian Journal of Forestry, 26(1), pp.41-44. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2003-G25NCQ

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2003

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