Status of arbuscular mycorrhizae associated with rhizosphere of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) in high hills temperate zone of Himachal Pradesh

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  • SHRUTI KIRTI*, RUCHI SHARMA, BHAWNA DIPTA, ROHIT PAWAR, RAJESH KAUSHAL and NARENDER K. BHARAT

Keywords:

Acaulospora spp., arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Gigaspora spp., Glomus spp., sweet cherry

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) have been described as a “universal symbiosis†between plants and beneficial soil microbes which increase growth, nutrient uptake and defense mechanism of various horticultural plants. In the present investigation, eight efficient indigenous AM fungi were isolated and characterized from various geographical locations viz., Dhochi, Dhar, Kandiyali and Thanedhar of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, India. These AM spores were identified up to species level as Glomus macrocarpum, G. mosseae, G. constrictum, G. fasciculatum, G. clarum, Acaulospora bireticulata, A. scrobiculata, Gigaspora albida and Scutellospora spp. Maximum number of spores (323.33 spores/50 g soil) and root colonization (29.33%) was recorded at Kandiyali and minimum number of spores (151.67 spores/50 g soil) and root colonization (19.22%) was observed at Dhar.

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Vol. 69 No. 3 (2016): Indian Phytopathology

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BHAWNA DIPTA, ROHIT PAWAR, RAJESH KAUSHAL and NARENDER K. BHARAT, S. K. R. S. (2016). Status of arbuscular mycorrhizae associated with rhizosphere of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) in high hills temperate zone of Himachal Pradesh. Indian Phytopathology, 69(3), 286. http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IPPJ/article/view/60161