• K. SIVAKUMAR
• N. TAMILPRADHA

A pot culture experiment was conducted to study the inoculation effect of AM fungi (Glomus fasciculatum) on the per cent root colonization and AM fungal spore number in the rhizosphere soils of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) var PLR 2 as influenced by organic amendments. Among the inoculated treatments, the maximum per cent root infection was observed in farm yard manure (91.13) followed by biogas slurry (84.75), urban compost (82.05) and pressmud (72.15). The maximum root infection was recorded in farm yard manure (81.17) and the minimum in control (40.84) which was closely followed by pressmud (43.23). Under Glomus fasciculatum inoculated conditions, the application of farm yard manure registered the highest spore number (128 spores 100 g-1 soil) followed by biogas slurry (118 spores 100 g-1 soil), pressmud (115 spores 100 g-1 soil) and urban compost (110 spores 100g-1 soil). The uninoculated plants showed the maximum spore population was obtained in farm yard manure applied brinjal (106 spores 100 g-1 soil) and the minimum in urban compost applied brinjal (80 spores 100 g-1 soil)

AM fungi, organic production, environmental sustainability, environmental degradation, etc.

"EFFECT OF G. FASCICULATUM INOCULATION ON THE PER CENT ROOT COLONIZATION AND SPORE NUMBER IN THE RHIZOSPHERE SOILS OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) AS INFLUENCED BY ORGANIC AMENDMENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.460-465, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06080.pdf

"EFFECT OF G. FASCICULATUM INOCULATION ON THE PER CENT ROOT COLONIZATION AND SPORE NUMBER IN THE RHIZOSPHERE SOILS OF BRINJAL (SOLANUM MELONGENA L.) AS INFLUENCED BY ORGANIC AMENDMENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp460-465, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06080.pdf