Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from northeast India

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) established ubiquitous symbiotic associations with the majority of plants. Nevertheless, AMF are less known from northeast India. In this communication, sporocarpic species of AMF were extracted and described from the rhizosphere of Alnus nepalensis, Michelia champaca and from the cultivation field of Solanum tuberosum. The spores were isolated using wet sieving and decanting method. Ten sporocarpic species were isolated and described. Nine morphotypes belong to the genus Glomus and only one unidentified. The identified morphotypes were Glomus aureum, G. clavisporum, G. fuegianum, G. glomerulatum, G. macrocarpum, G. microaggregatum, G. rubiforme, G. sinuosum and G. taiwanense.