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The establishment of a mycorrhizal fungus,Glomus mosseae in groundnut was studied in a static nutrient solution having 0·25 mM of phosphorus and inoculated with powdered infected groundnut roots or resting spores. Initiation of the mycelial growth in roots was observed after 8 days of contact with the fungal inoculum.
In a second experiment initial concentrations of P in the range of 0·25 to 1 mM resulted in maximum colonization by the fungus and increased production of the plant biomass. Plant growth and VAM development was slightly less in a pot culture without the addition of P to the soil. It is suggested that the static solution culture method can successfully be adopted to determine the requirement of initial levels of essential elements in culture solutions for investigating similar mycorrhizal associations of crop plants.
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Parvathi, K., Venkateswarlu, K. & Rao, A.S. Development of the VAM fungus,Glomus mosseae in groundnut in static solution culture. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 93, 105–110 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052994
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