Influence of Groundnut Waste as Substrate and Host Plant on Inoculum Production of Endophytic Mycorrhiza for Large Scale Agricultural Application

Abstract

A pot culture experiment was conducted to study the effect of soil amendment with different forms of groundnut waste on spore population and root infection of indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungal species i.e. Glomus mosseae under polyhouse conditions. Two angiospermic plant species viz. sorghum and sesame were also examined for mycorrhization potential in the study. Observations were made for percent root colonization, spore density of AM fungi and the effectiveness of AM fungi on the shoot and root biomass of both host plants. The results indicated that AM fungal spore population and colonization levels were substantially enhanced by the application of compost groundnut waste as a substrate over dry groundnut waste. Among growth parameters, plant height, root length and plant biomass were recorded more in sorghum than Sesame. On the whole, mycorrhization was reported the highest with 75 g/pot concentration of waste. Also, Sorghum appeared to be a better host than sesame.

Keywords

• Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• Groundnut waste
• Root colonization

Büyük ölçekli tarımsal uygulama için endofiz mikorrhizasının inokülum üretimi üzerinde substrat ve konak bitki olarak yer fıstığı atıklarının etkisi

Abstract

Farklı yerfıstığı atığı formları ile ıslah edilen toprakların, sera koşullarında yerli Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus türlerinin, yani Glomus mosseae'nin spor popülasyonu ve kök enfeksiyonu üzerindeki etkisini incelemek için bir saksı kültürü deneyi yapılmıştır. İki anjiyospermik bitki türü olan sorghum ve susam bitkileri de çalışmada mikoriza potansiyeli açısından incelenmiştir. Her iki konukçu bitkinin sürgün ve kök biyokütlesi üzerinde yüzde kök kolonizasyonu, AM funguslarının spor yoğunluğunu ve AM funguslarının etkinliğini tespit etmek için gözlemler yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar, kuru yerfıstığı atığı üzerine bir substrat olarak kompost yerfıstığı atığının uygulanmasıyla AM fungus spor popülasyonunun ve kolonizasyon seviyelerinin önemli ölçüde arttığını göstermiştir. Büyüme parametreleri arasından bitki boyu, kök uzunluğu ve bitki biyokütlesi sorgum bitkisinde susama göre daha fazla kaydedilmiştir. Genel olarak, en yüksek mikorizamiktarı 75 g/saksı atık konsantrasyonunda tespit edildi. Ayrıca, sorgum bitkisinin susam bitkisinden daha iyi bir konukçu olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Arbuscular mikorzal funguslar
• Groundnut atıkları
• Kök kolonizasyonu

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