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Advances in Zoology and Botany Vol. 8(5), pp. 461 - 467
DOI: 10.13189/azb.2020.080511
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Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Nutrient Status of Vigna unguiculata (L.)
Sameer Ahmad Thoker , Sapan Patel *
School of Studies in Botany, Jiwaji University Gwalior M.P., India
ABSTRACT
Since last three decades, the increased use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture undoubtedly increased the food grain production and helped the country in achieving self-sufficiency in food grains. However, it also produced many harmful effects like water supply contaminations, shortage of quality of agricultural products and decrease in the amount of soil fertility. The study was performed to evaluate whether Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) improved Growth and Nutrient status in some important annual leguminous crops using Cow pea (Vigna unguiculate L) as a study material. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important soil organisms belonging to phylum Glomeromycota and form symbiotic association with the roots of 70-90 % plant species. A pot experiment was conducted at Botanical Garden, School of Studies in Botany Jiwaji University Gwalior during the year 2019 to study the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi viz Glomus hoi and Acaulospora kentinensis on seed germination, growth and biochemical contents of cow pea Vigna unguiculata L. The Plants were raised in triplicates through the pot culture. The seeds were surface sterilized by hypochlorite solution before sowing. Pots were placed at a sunny place after the seed sowing. And after the seed germination, plants were irrigated when required. After germination the inoculated plants along with their controls was sampled. The results showed that Glomus hoi and Acaulospora kentinensis significantly increased growth parameters like root and shoot length, total leaf area, fresh and dry weight of roots and shoots in Vigna unguiculata L. Inoculation of Glomus hoi and Acaulospora kentinensis significantly increases the biochemical constituents like chlorophyll- a, chlorophyll-b, total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrate, reducing sugar, non reducing sugar and total phenol. The present study pertains that AMF colonization improved positively the overall growth and development of cow Pea plant.
KEYWORDS
Cowpea, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Growth Parameters, Chlorophyll and Biochemical Constituents
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Sameer Ahmad Thoker , Sapan Patel , "Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Nutrient Status of Vigna unguiculata (L.)," Advances in Zoology and Botany, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 461 - 467, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2020.080511.
(b). APA Format:
Sameer Ahmad Thoker , Sapan Patel (2020). Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Nutrient Status of Vigna unguiculata (L.). Advances in Zoology and Botany, 8(5), 461 - 467. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2020.080511.