Mycobiology.
2002 Mar;30(1):18-21.
Effects of Soils Containing Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Plant Growth and Their Colonization
- Affiliations
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- 1Institute of Natural Science, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 363-791, Republic of Korea.
- 2Graduate School, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk 363-791, Korea. sslee@cc.knue.ac.kr
- 3Booyoung Girls' High School, Yeosu City, Jeonnam 550-050, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
- Four arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) inocula collected from three arable sites in Korea were used to determine plant growth, mycorrhizal root colonization rate and spore production in three different host plant species; Sorghum bicolor, Allium fistulosum, Tagetes patula. Growth of plant treated with AMF differed from those without AMF. Different AMF inocula showed significantly different root colonization rates and spore production of AMF on the wild plants, A. fistulosum and T. patula, but did not on the cultivated plant, S. bicolor. Results suggested that indigenous mycorrhizal fungal community would be important factors in mycorrhizal symbiosis, and play important roles in the plant succession.