Arbuscular mycorrhizae for sustainable agriculture

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) associations have now been recognized having a cosmopolitan and ubiquitous occurrence forming with the roots and underground portions of plants. AM associations have been reported to enhance plant vigor by enabling them to absorb more nutrients. The thread like hyphae of the fungi work as conduits for pumping essential nutrients into the plant body, thereby imparting plant ample amount of resistance to combat with the soil born and other diseases. Due to these promising features of AM, they are being widely used as biological fertilizer at commercial level in many countries of the world and it has considerable practical significance in sustainable agricultural practices.