Abstract:
As assessment of VA mycorrhizal association in 21 naturally occurring seedlings of shrub and tree species belonging to 19 genera and distributed among 16 families collected from a 12 years old iron ore mine reject dump was made. Spore densities of iron ore mine rejects and adjacent undisturbed site were also studied. It was observed that the seedlings of all the species studied, showed mycorrhizal infection. The mycorrhizal infection varied from 25-98 percent in the different species. The spore densities of the iron ore mine rejects was very low as compared to that of adjacent undisturbed areas.
