Effects of Soils Containing Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Plant Growth and Their Colonization.
- Author:
Ahn Heum EOM
1
;
Yee KIM
;
Sang Sun LEE
Author Information
1. Institute of Natural Science, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 363-791, Republic of Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Allium fistulosum;
Arbuscular mycorrhiza;
Sorghum bicolor;
Tagetes patula
- MeSH:
Allium;
Colon*;
Korea;
Mycorrhizae*;
Plants*;
Soil*;
Sorghum;
Spores;
Symbiosis;
Tagetes
- From:Mycobiology
2002;30(1):18-21
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Four arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) inocula collected from three arable sites in Korea were used to determine plant growth, mycorrhizal root colonization rate and spore production in three different host plant species; Sorghum bicolor, Allium fistulosum, Tagetes patula. Growth of plant treated with AMF differed from those without AMF. Different AMF inocula showed significantly different root colonization rates and spore production of AMF on the wild plants, A. fistulosum and T. patula, but did not on the cultivated plant, S. bicolor. Results suggested that indigenous mycorrhizal fungal community would be important factors in mycorrhizal symbiosis, and play important roles in the plant succession.
