Effects of mycorrhizal fungi on tolerance capability of corn grown under salt stress condition
2014
Boyacıoglu, Taliha Uysal | Uyanöz, Refik
A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the effect of salinity on the efficacy of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Glomus mossea and natural mycorrhiza, of Glomus species, was investigated in terms of growth and nutrition of corn plant (Zea mays L). Plants were grown under different salinity levels imposed by 2.0, 2.5, 3.5, 5.0, 8.0, 12.0 dS m ⁻¹of Hoagland's Solution [sodium chloride (NaCl), sodium sulfate (Na ₂SO ₄) , Calcium dichloride (CaCl ₂), and magnesium sulfate (MgSO ₄) 7:9:3:1 ratio, respectively]. Both types of mycorrhizal fungi did not display significant protection in the host plant against the detrimental effects of the soil salinity. The effect of inoculation on growth varied only with the level of salinity. Maximum root colonization and spore numbers were observed in plants cultivated with low salinity levels. It was found that significant interaction between AMF x Salinity level for calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and manganese (Mn) of shoot, and for Zn and Mn, of root.
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