Influence of Different Types Mycorrhizal Fungi on Crop Productivity
Raminder Kaur*, Avtar Singh, J. S. Kang
Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.2.1.07
Abstract:
Mycorrhizal fungi greatly enhanced the ability of plants to take up phosphorus and other nutrients those are relatively immobile and exist in low concentration in the soil solution. Fungi can be important in the uptake of other nutrients by the host plant. Zinc nutrition is most commonly reported as being influenced by the association, although uptake of copper (Cu) , iron, N, K, Ca and Mg has been reported to be enhanced. Water uptake may be improved by mycorrhizal association, making more resistant to drought condition. Often both water and nutrient uptake are higher in drought stressed mycorrhizal plants than in non mycorrhizal plants. The fungal strands are capable of altering the water potential of plants and can only alleviate moderate drought stress and in more severe drought conditions they become ineffective.
Keywords:
Association Mycorrhizal Fungi, Phosphorus, Water, Drought
Copy the following to cite this article: Kaur R, Singh A, Kang J. S. Influence of Different Types Mycorrhizal Fungi on Crop Productivity. Curr Agri Res 2014;2(1). doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.2.1.07 |
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