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Effect of Glomus species on physiology and biochemistry of Catharanthus roseus

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The present study on efficacy of different Glomus species, an arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus (G. aggregatum, G. fasciculatum, G. mosseae, G. intraradices) on various growth parameters such as biomass, macro and micronutrients, chlorophyll, protein, cytokinin and alkaloid content and phosphatase activity of pink flowered Catharanthus roseus plants showed that all Glomus species except G. intraradices enhanced the chlorophyll, protein, crude alkaloid, phosphorus, sulphur, manganese and copper contents of C. roseus plants along with phosphatase activity significantly over uninoculated plants. However only G. mosseae and G. fasciculatum exhibited superior symbiotic relationship with the plant. G. mosseae was found to be the best for increasing the crude alkaloid content (8.19%) in leaf and also in increasing the quantity of important alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine.

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  1. Hislop School of Biotechnology, Hislop College, Civil Lines, Nagpur, 440001, India

    Neelima Ratti

  2. Jaipur National University, Jagatpura, Jaipur, 302025, India

    H. N. Verma

  3. Central Pollution Control Board, Parivesh Bhawan, Delhi, 110032, India

    S. P. Gautam

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Ratti, N., Verma, H.N. & Gautam, S.P. Effect of Glomus species on physiology and biochemistry of Catharanthus roseus . Indian J Microbiol 50, 355–360 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-010-0012-2

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