RESEARCH ARTICLE

Volume 7 |Issue 6| November-December 2019                                 First published: 30 December 2019

Distribution of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Pench forest reserve, (Maharashtra), India

Naqvi Nikhat

Botany Department, SFS College, Seminary Hills, Nagpur (MS), India

E. mail: naqvin@rediffmail.com

Abstract

The intense exploitation of natural forests in the subhumid to arid tropics is leading to degradation of stable ecosystems. The resulting changes in abiotic and biotic soil properties make the re-establishment of vegetation difficult. The beneficial effects of mycorrhizal fungi on growth and establishment of tree seedlings in such stressed environments is of paramount importance. The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are included in the phylum Glomeromycota which form symbiotic associations with plant roots and improve plant nutrition, growth and survival. In view of the importance of AM fungi to improve water utilization when water supply is inadequate, growth and survival of trees especially in degraded wastelands may be crucial to reforestation and reclamation efforts. The present paper explores the possibility of using mycorrhizal technology as an ecofriendly and cost effective technique to remove all constraints associated with reclamation of arid and wastelands. Undisturbed forest site of Nagpur viz. Pench forest was selected and mycorrhizal association in naturally occurring trees was studied for a period of two years. Physico-chemical analysis of rhizosphere soil was also done. Wide range of diversity and variation in spore density was recorded. All the plants were mycorrhizal. However, percent colonization in roots and number of spores in rhizosphere soil varied depending on host. Among the AM genus, Glomus was dominant .The study will be of great help in undertaking the future research on various aspects of AM fungi in Nagpur district.

Keywords:Keywords: Pench, AM fungi, Wastelands, reclamation, trees, phytoremediation

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Naqvi Nikhat. Distribution of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Pench forest reserve, (Maharashtra), India, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2019, 7 (6): 167-172.

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