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Performance of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in saline-alkali soil in relation to various amendments

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Abstract

The present study shows that vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in plants grown in saline-alkali soil is host dependent and it is significantly affected by various amendments given to reclaim such soils. Maximum reduction in vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization was observed in the plants raised in saline-alkali soil amended with gypsum and maximum colonization was observed after plant-growth promoting rhizobacterium or farm yard manure amendments. Plants possessing high level of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization (50–70%) included Acacia nilotica, Albizia lebbeck and Dalbergia sissoo. Casuarina equisetifolia possessed moderate level of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae colonization (30–50%) and Azadirachta indica possessed low level of colonization (20–40%).

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    Richa Raghuwanshi & R.S. Upadhyay

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Raghuwanshi, R., Upadhyay, R. Performance of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in saline-alkali soil in relation to various amendments. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 20, 1–5 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:WIBI.0000013274.14957.44

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