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Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) in pioneer salt marsh plants of the Ganges river delta in West Bengal (India)

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VA mycorrhizal colonization of four species of pioneer salt marsh plants including two species of chenopodiaceae at the terminal Gangetic delta in India, is reported. Five common species of VAM fungi were recorded from rhizosphere soils of the plant species. Population of spores of VAM fungi and effective inoculum potential of these fungi in rhizosphere soils as determined by the MPN-method were rather low.

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  1. Eco-Development of Ganga Basin Projects, Department of Plant Pathology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, 741 235, Kalyani, India

    A. Sengupta & S. Chaudhuri

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Sengupta, A., Chaudhuri, S. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) in pioneer salt marsh plants of the Ganges river delta in West Bengal (India). Plant Soil 122, 111–113 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02851917

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