PJB-2019-660
EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI (AMF) INOCULATION ON YIELD AND MYCORRHIZAL SPORES POPULATION AND DIVERSITY IN CHICKPEA
TABASSUM YASEEN
Abstract
Soil microorganisms play a key role in improving soil fertility and plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiosis perform a key constituent of the soil-microbial inhabitants. Therefore, AMF is global and well-known to inhibit more than 80 % of higher vascular plants. Here, we perform the pots experiment to evaluate the effect of AMF species on different varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L), Chana Punjab 2008, Chana Dasht, Chana Bakar 2011, and lentil (Lens culinaris) such as Masoor-Markaz-09, Masoor-2002. The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized Block design (RCBD) with AMF treatments of three replications. Each pot sized 23cm x 19.5cm was filled with 4kg of phosphorus deficient soil (1.43 mg kg-1). AMF inoculum was added to pots containing twenty seeds per pot. The germinated seedlings were thinned up to 05 seedlings in three different stages from germination to maturity. The results showed insignificant interaction of plant height with treatments at the vegetative stage (P ≤ 0.2992). Plant height of chickpea was highly significant at the flowering stage (P ≤ 0.0007), fruiting stage (P ≤ 0.0023), and number of flowers were also significantly (P ≤ 0.0000) influenced by AMF inoculation. Similarly, the a number of pods per plant, number of seeds, shoot fresh weight at vegetative and flowering stage were affected by AMF. The mycorrhizal dependency of Chana Punjab 2008 relatively higher (43%) followed by Chana Bakar 2011 (37%), and Chana Dasht (13%).
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