Cocultivation of Piriformospora indica with Medicinal Plants: Case Studies

Das, Aparajita; Prasad, Ram; Deshmukh, Shivaji; Rai, Mahendra; Varma, Ajit

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33802-1_9

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“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are said to be a crucial factor in mobilization of soil phosphorus to roots which promote host growth [14]. For effectiveness of mycorrhization on vitality (performance) of photosynthetic system II (PS II), Strasser et al [15] have coined the term, 'biophysical phenomics'.…”

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Influence of calcium phosphate nanoparticles,Piriformospora indicaandGlomus mosseaeon growth ofZea mays

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Rathod

et al. 2015

Adv. Nat. Sci: Nanosci. Nanotechnol.

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In this study, the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (G. mosseae) and endosymbiont (P. indica) colonized Zea mays were treated with calcium phosphate nanoparticles (CaPNPs) and evaluated for their plant growth promotion efficiency. It was observed that CaPNPs in combination with both G. mosseae and P. indica are more potent plant growth promoter than independent combinations of CaPNPs+G. mosseae, CaPNPs+P. indica or CaPNPs alone. The fluorimetric studies of treated plants revealed that CaPNPs alone and in combination with P. indica can enhance vitality of Zea mays by improving chlorophyll a content and performance index of treated plants. Hence, we conclude that CaPNPs exhibit synergistic growth promotion, root proliferation and vitality improvement properties along with endosymbiotic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which after further field trials can be developed as a cost-effective nanofertilizer with pronounced efficiency.

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