Abstract:
Experiment was conducted to study the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on mineral nutrition of Carica papaya var. surya. The experiment comprised of uninoculated seedlings, seedlings inoculated with Glomus intraradices Schenck Smith, seedlings inoculated with Glomus mosseae [(Nicol. Gerd.) Gerd. Trappe] and seedlings inoculated with mixed inoculum [Glomus intraradices (Schenck Smith) + Glomus mosseae (Nicol. Gerd,) Gerd. Trappe]. Studies revealed chat total potassium and total phosphorus content of mycorrhizal leaf petiole was higher in inoculated plants as compared to controls and varied significantly within the treatments. Glomus mosseae was the most effective species of AM fungi in influencing mineral nutrition of papaya followed by mixed inoculum (GI+GM) and Glomus intraradices respectively.
