Volume : 3, Issue : 6, June - 2014

A Study on Distribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (Am) Fungi in Red Sanddunes, Bheemili, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

V. R. Prasnthi, B. Lakshmi Pavan, V. Divya Rao, Y. Avasn. Maruthi

Abstract :

AM fungi are ubiquitous in nature. They have shown a marked development in plant shoot and roots when inoculated with AM fungi.AM fungi is well known for its nature to survive in nutrient deficient conditions especially the deficiency of Phosphates. Bheemili is well known for Red Sand Dunes which has vast plantation of Cashew. Soil samples were collected from all four directions. The collected soil samples were analysed for physico–chemical (Nitogen, Potassium, Phosphates (NPK), pH, Conductivity) parameters. All the collected soil samples were screened for AM fungi. The nutrient level recorded in all the soil samples were low focusing on NPK while indirectly showed less isolated AM fungi number.