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Response of blackgram, chickpea and mungbean to vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation in an unsterile soil

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Anche Manjunath
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K. Campus, Bangalore-560 065, India
Joseph D. Bagyaraj
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K. Campus, Bangalore-560 065, India
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Keywords

Blackgram
Chickpea
Mungbean
Phosphorus
Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza

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Response of blackgram, chickpea and mungbean to vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation in an unsterile soil. (1986). Tropical Agriculture, 63(1). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2087
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Abstract

Response of blackgram, chickpea and mungbean to inoculation with the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus fasciculatum with and without added P (22 kg P ha-1) was studied in a P-deficient unsterile soil. Inoculation with G. fasciculatum increased the dry weight and P content of the shoot and root significantly over the uninoculated control. Application of P did not reduce the percentage root colonization by VA mycorrhizal fungi but increased the number of extramatrical chlamydospores in the soil. P application also increased the dry weight and P content of the inoculated plants, suggesting the need for application of P to obtain maximum benefit from VA mycorrhiza in P-fixing soils.
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