International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 1
First page : (475) Last page : (483)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2433
Ectomycorrhiza and Fungal Diversity in the Mycorrhizosphere of Pinus gerardiana
Amit Kumar Sehgal1* and Anand Sagar2
1Department of Botany, Sidharth Govt. College Nadaun, District Hamirpur (H.P.) 177033 India
2Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill Shimla (H.P.) 171005 India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: draksehgal@gmail.com
Received: 7.01.2017 | Revised: 18.01.2017 | Accepted: 20.01.2017
ABSTRACT
The four types (white, dark radish brown, dark brown and light brown to pale brown types) of ectomycorrhizae were collected from natural habitat of P. gerardiana. Anatomically ectomycorrhizal roots showed presence of fungal mantle and well developed Hartig net. Fungal diversity in the mycorrhizosphere of P. gerardiana was studied and revealed the presence of 32 fungal species and it was found that maximum fungi were present during rainy season (30 fungi) followed by spring (24 fungi), autumn (18 fungi) and winter (14 fungi). It was also concluded from the study that the three members of Zygomycotina (Cunninghamella echinulata, Mucor elegans and Rhizopus nigricans), one member of Ascomycotina (Penicillium citrinum) and five members of Deuteromycotina (Alternaria alternata, Cephalosporium acremonium, Fusarium equiseti Gliocladium penicillioides and Trichoderma viride) were isolated during all the seasons (i.e. winter, spring, rainy and autumn season) from the mycorrhizosphere of Pinus gerardiana.
Key words: Pinus gerardiana, Ectomycorrhiza, Mycorrhizosphere, Fungal Diversity.
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Cite this article: Sehgal, A.K. and Sagar, A., Ectomycorrhiza and Fungal Diversity in the Mycorrhizosphere of Pinus gerardiana, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(1): 475-483 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2433
