Selection of Efficient Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) for Inoculation of Pedilanthes tithymoides (L.) Poir. Plants Raised Through Stem Cutting

摘要

Pedilanthes tithymoides (L.) Poir. stem cuttings were inoculated with different AM fungi viz., Glomus fasciculatum, Glomus mosseae, Glomus macrocarpum, Glomus intraradices, Glomus etunicatum, Acaulospora laevis and Gigaspora mangarita. The observations on plant growth, biomass production, leaf area, mycorrhizal root colonization and P uptake were recorded. The results revealed that the plants inoculated with Glomus fasciculatum performed best in improving plant growth, biomass and phosphorus uptake followed by G intraradices and A. laevis.