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Host genotype dependency and growth enhancing ability of VA-mycorrhizal fungi for Eleusine coracana (finger millet)

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Inoculation of finger millet (Eleusine coracana Gaertn.) plants with one of six different vesicular, arbuscular, mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi increased plant biomass, height, leaf area and absolute growth rate; however, effectiveness of the various VAM fungi varied significantly. Maximum root colonization and mycorrhizal efficacy was observed with plants inoculated with Glomus caledonicum. Among five host genotypes tested for mycorrhizal dependency against G. caledonicum, genotype HR-374 gave the highest plant biomass, mycorrhizal efficacy and root colonization, the inoculation resulting in increased mineral (phosphate, nitrogen, Zn2+ and Cu2+) content and uptake in shoots.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, 263145, Pantnagar, India

    L. Tewari, B. N. Johri & S. M. Tandon

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Tewari, L., Johri, B.N. & Tandon, S.M. Host genotype dependency and growth enhancing ability of VA-mycorrhizal fungi for Eleusine coracana (finger millet). World J Microbiol Biotechnol 9, 191–195 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327835

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