Abstract:
A total of eighteen AM fungal species were identified and documented from the rhizosphere soils of Moringa oleifera Lam. Maximum AM root colonization was recorded at site Majorda (65 percent) while highest spore density was recorded in Old Goa site (919.67 percent). The species richness of AM fungi was more in rhizosphere soils of Old Goa (10) and least in Dhargal soils (4). Genus Glomus (9) was dominant followed by Acaulospora (6), Gigaspora (2) and Scutellospora (1). Glomus fasciculatum was common in all four sites. This study records the predominance of Glomus and Acaulospora species in the rhizosphere soils of Moringa oleifera.
