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Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi on Growth Enhancement of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) at Nursery Stage


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1 Department of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Horticulture, Sirsi (Karnataka), India
2 Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre, U.H.S. Campus (G.K.V.K.) Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
3 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Horticulture, Sirsi (Karnataka), India
     

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An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on ischolar_maining and growth of black pepper and also to assess the symbiotic efficacy and the rhizosphere population of beneficial microflora in nursery stage at College of Horticulture, Sirsi for three years (2013-14 to 2015-16). The results of the investigation had clearly showed significant improvement in growth of black pepper when black pepper cuttings were inoculated withGlomus fasciculatum similar to that of cuttings treated with IBA (1000ppm) as compared to rest of the AM fungi and un-inoculated control. A matching trend was recorded with respect to per cent ischolar_main colonization and spore counts, population of beneficial rhizosphere microflora viz., free living nitrogen fixers and phosphate solubilizers. The inoculation of AM fungi also enhanced the shoot phosphorus concentration in black pepper.

Keywords

Am Fungi, Glomus fasciculatum, P Concentration, Rhizosphere Microflora.
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Authors

S. B. Gurumurthy
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Horticulture, Sirsi (Karnataka), India
S. V. Patil
Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre, U.H.S. Campus (G.K.V.K.) Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
T. H. Shankarappa
Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre, U.H.S. Campus (G.K.V.K.) Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
A. Prashant
Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre, U.H.S. Campus (G.K.V.K.) Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
Ratnakar M. Shet
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Horticulture, Sirsi (Karnataka), India

Abstract


An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on ischolar_maining and growth of black pepper and also to assess the symbiotic efficacy and the rhizosphere population of beneficial microflora in nursery stage at College of Horticulture, Sirsi for three years (2013-14 to 2015-16). The results of the investigation had clearly showed significant improvement in growth of black pepper when black pepper cuttings were inoculated withGlomus fasciculatum similar to that of cuttings treated with IBA (1000ppm) as compared to rest of the AM fungi and un-inoculated control. A matching trend was recorded with respect to per cent ischolar_main colonization and spore counts, population of beneficial rhizosphere microflora viz., free living nitrogen fixers and phosphate solubilizers. The inoculation of AM fungi also enhanced the shoot phosphorus concentration in black pepper.

Keywords


Am Fungi, Glomus fasciculatum, P Concentration, Rhizosphere Microflora.

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