Selection of an Efficient Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus for inoculating Broom Grass (Tysandaena maxima)

Abstract

Thysanolaena maximaFunneliformis caledonium, Acaulospora laevis, Rhizophagus fasciculatus, Claroideoglomus etunicatum, Gigaspora margarita, Glomus bagyarajii, Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus intraradices Ambispora leptoticha Claroideoglomus etunicatum(broom grass) is an ever green non-timber forest produce species. Pot experiment was conducted to screen and select the efficient arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) for inoculating broom grass. Screening was done with nine different species of AMF ( and ). Plant parameters like height, stem girth, biovolume index, total plant dry weight, and mycorrhizal parameters like root colonization, spore number in the root zone soil, etc. have been recorded according to the standard procedures. Based on the important plant parameters like bio-volume index, total plant dry weight, and phosphorus uptake, it is concluded that is the bestAMF for inoculating broom grass.