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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2014 , Volume 2, Issue 5
Page No. : 163-177
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782
Effect of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Growth and Root Development of Selected Plant Species Suggested for Slope Revegetation
Jihane Touati1, Mohamed Chliyeh1, Amina Ouazzani Touhami1, Rachid Benkirane1, and Allal Douira1*
1Laboratoire de Botanique et de Protection des Plantes, UFR de Mycologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences BP. 133, Université Ibn Tofail, Kénitra, Maroc
*Corresponding Author E-mail: douiraallal@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
In this work, the effect of AM fungi on the growth and root development of various plant species was
studied: Arundo donax, Spartium junceum, Atriplex halimus, Lavandula dentata, Medicago arborea,
Coronilla emerus, Vetiver nigritana, Chamaerops humilis, and Retama monosperma. Arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi associations were recorded in all plants. Nevertheless spore density and colonization
of AMF were higher respectively under S. junceum (85 spores/ 100 g of soil and 56.5 %), A. donax (70
spores/ 100 g of soil and 47.33%), A. halimus (60 spores/ 100 g of soil and 40%) and lower under C.
humilis (6 spores/ 100 g of soil and 16.67 %) and L. dentata (15 spores/ 100 g of soil and 4.63 %). The
impact of mycorrhizae varies significantly from a plant to another, and the mycorrhizal plants were
significantly greater compared to the controls, in terms of, plant height, diameter of plants, the number
of branches, fresh weight of vegetative parts and root fresh weight.
Key words: AM fungi, Mycorrhizae, Vegetative, etc.
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Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 2 (5): 163-177 (2014)
