Diversity of AM fungi in certain ornamental plants growing at different sites of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Journal Title: Annals of Plant Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Use of flowers in Indian cultural and religious purposes has a central place in people’s daily lifestyle. In India, increasing demand and supply of various types of flowers opened a vast scope for the production of flowers. In the present study, five important ornamental plants were collected from five different sites of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh for the survey purpose to investigate arbuscular mycorrhizal status and diversity. All the ornamental plant species were found to be mycorrhizal but the magnitude of infection varied with the sites, plants species as well as stages of plant growth. A total of 38 species belonging to four different genera of AM fungi were isolated. Glomus was recorded as the most dominant genus with 22 species, followed by Acaulospora with 14 species, sporocarp of Sclerocystis sinuosa and Scutellospora with a single unidentified species. Study of Shannon Weiner diversity index, Species richness and Species evenness also carried out in all the five sites. Diversity of all the sites showed less variation indicating a stable and a diverse fungal community.
Authors and Affiliations
Pragya Srivastava, Harbans Kaur Kehri
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP304901
- DOI 10.21746/aps.2018.7.5.5
- Views 135
- Downloads 0
Studies on underutilized weeds of family Amaranthaceae used as edibles by the Munda tribe of Jharkhand, India.
Amaranthaceae, a common family of flowering plants distributed worldwide, also shows its presence in Jharkhand. Jharkhand have some of the species which are wild growing and are considered as weeds. The people of Munda t...
Chromium stress impact on Lemongrass grown in Over Burden Soil of Sukinda Chromite Ore Mine (Odisha), India.
The pot culture experiments were carried out to study the toxicological changes in Lemongrass plants grown in varied percentage of Cr rich Over Burden Soil (OBS) with or without chelators such as Ethylene Diamine Tetra A...
Geranium robertianum L. (Geraniaceae): A new record for the flora of Iraq.
Plant specimens were collected during a fieldtrips near Derbandikhan city (Sulaimani province) in Spring 2016, is added to the other 10 species of this genus previously reported from Iraq. Gross morphology of all plant p...
A Study on the proximate composition and nutritive value of local tree almonds, Prunus amygdalus
Tree nuts form an essential part of our diet. They are rich in proteins, fats and an array of micro and macronutrients and are also palatable and considered as a delicacy. Among all the tree nuts, the almond is often ref...
Anatomical studies on medicinal and endangered CAM plants of Milkweed family from Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India.
The present investigation was carried out to screen anatomical features of Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R.Br., Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb. var. bulbosa and var. lushii (Grah.), belonging to family Asclepiadaceae. Plant specimen...