Effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal association on 'S 1' mulberry (Morussp) at nursery stage


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Authors

  • G C SETUA
  • P SUDHAKAR
  • R KAR
  • N K DAS
  • J K GHOSH

Keywords:

VAM, Glomus mosseae, mulberrY, mycorrhized saplings, mulberry nursery, phosphate mobilihzatlon

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during 1995-97 to study the effect of YAM inoculation on survivability, growth
characters, leaf yield and phosphorus uptake in'S I' mulberry saplings at nursery stage. Data of 4'1/2 - month - old
mycon'hized saplings revealed'that except leaf moisture, leaf and root dry-matter, others were found to be significant
at 1 % level and indicated increase in survival by 10.4%, plant height by 5.7%, leaf area by 11.8%, root length by 9.8%,
number of lateral roots/plant by 56.1% and plant dry biomass by 27.4% over control. Phosphorus uptake was also
enhanced by 13,5% and tukra infestation was found considerably less (8% only at +1 scale) compared to non-mycorrhized
saplings, Since fhe overall perfOrmance of mycorrhized saplings was better in respect of some important qualitative
and quantitative characters of mulberry, the method may be exploited to raise VAM-colonized mulberry saplings for
new plantation.

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Author Biographies

  • G C SETUA
    Senior Research Officer,Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute. Berhampore, Murshidabad. West Bengal 742 101
  • P SUDHAKAR
    Senior Research Assistant,Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute. Berhampore, Murshidabad. West Bengal 742 101
  • R KAR
    Senior Research Assistant,Soil Science Section,Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute. Berhampore, Murshidabad. West Bengal 742 101
  • N K DAS
    Assistant Director, Statistics Section. Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute. Berhampore, Murshidabad. West Bengal 742 101
  • J K GHOSH
    Deputy Director, Mulberry Agronomy Section. Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute. Berhampore, Murshidabad. West Bengal 742 101

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Vol. 69 No. 3 (1999)

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How to Cite

SETUA, G. C., SUDHAKAR, P., KAR, R., DAS, N. K., & GHOSH, J. K. (2013). Effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal association on ’S 1’ mulberry (Morussp) at nursery stage. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 69(3). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26550