EFFECT OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAE (VAM) ON BAMBOO SEEDLING GROWTH AND BIOMASSPRODUCTIVITY

Authors
RAVIKUMAR R ANANTHAKRISHNAN G APPASAMY T GANAPATHI A
Citation
R. Ravikumar et al., EFFECT OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAE (VAM) ON BAMBOO SEEDLING GROWTH AND BIOMASSPRODUCTIVITY, Forest ecology and management, 98(3), 1997, pp. 205-208
Citations number
17
Journal title
Forest ecology and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781127
Volume
98
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
205 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1127(1997)98:3<205:EOE(OB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The role of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) fungi symbiosis wit h bamboo seedling was investigated. VAM species Glomus aggregatum, G. fasciculatum and G. mosseae were inoculated individually and in combin ations with the bamboo seedlings. The percentage of infection and vari ous growth parameters such as the number of shoots, number of rhizome, internodal distance, leaf length and breadth and total biomass produc tion were studied in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal infected plants. The above findings indicated a significant increase in the growth rate and biomass productivity. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.