e-ISSN 2231-8542
ISSN 1511-3701
T.Muthukumar, K.Udaiyan, K.Vasantha, D.Kleiner and S.Manian
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 22, Issue 1, April 1999
Keywords: Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza, sedges, root character, inoculum, infectivity
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Twenty four sedges were examined to assess the role of root characters on mycorrhizal status. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) infection was positively related to root thickness and negatively to root hair number and length. Dried mycorrhizal roots of Bulbostylis barbata, Gyperus cyperinus. C. kyllingia and Fimbristylis ovata served as inocula of VAM fungi in pot culture study indicating that mycorrhizal sedge roots could act as inocula in initiating and reviving mycorrhizae in natural soils.
ISSN 1511-3701
e-ISSN 2231-8542